Optical Vortex Beam Generation in the Deep-Ultraviolet
Source
Optics Infobase Conference Papers
Date Issued
2016-01-01
Author(s)
Chaitanya, N. Apurv
Kumar, S. Chaitanya
Samanta, G. K.
Ebrahim-Zadeh, M.
Abstract
We report the generation of optical vortex beams in the deep-ultraviolet. Using single-pass second-harmonic-generation of a Laguerre-Gaussian picosecond green beam in BBO crystal, we have generated vortex beams up to 12<sup>th</sup> order at 266 nm.