Generating Optical Vortex Array Laser Beams of Superimposing Hermite–Gaussian Beams with a Dual–Phase Modulation Digital Laser System

Abstract

This study presents an efficient and practical intra-cavity approach for selectively generating vortex array laser beams employing a dual-phase modulation digital laser system, which has not yet been completed in single-phase modulation digital laser. The stable optical vortex array laser beams were formed by superimposing cavity Hermite–Gaussian (HG) eigenmodes. In particular, when the selected cavity HG modes shared the same Gouy phase, the resulting optical vortex beam could preserve its light field pattern, thereby maintaining the optical vortex properties in the near and far fields. Numerical results demonstrated that employing dual-phase modulation could establish optimal boundary conditions for the selection of HG modes within the cavity, successfully generating various vortex array laser beams. The experimental validation of the proposed method confirmed the ability to select optical vortex array lasers solely by controlling the loaded phase of the dual-phase modulation digital laser. These results demonstrate the ability of digital lasers to generate and dynamically control optical vortex array lasers.

Keywords

• vortex array laser
• digital laser
• orbital angular momentum