• DocumentCode
    2876245
  • Title

    Observation of Berry phase effect of optical vortex with an asymmetric defect

  • Author

    Hamazaki, Junichi ; Mineta, Yuriya ; Morita, Ruji

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Appl. Phys., Hokkaido Univ., Sapporo
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    21-26 May 2006
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    The profiles of an optical vortex with an asymmetric defect were investigated around at the focal point. Its rotation depending on only the sign of the topological charge was observed as a Berry phase effect.
  • Keywords
    Berry phase; optical rotation; optical vortices; quantum optics; Berry phase effect; asymmetric defect; focal point; optical vortex; topological charge; Berry phase; Clocks; Laser beams; Lenses; Optical diffraction; Optical propagation; Optical vortices; Partial differential equations; Physics; Quantum entanglement; (090.1970) Diffractive optics; (350.1370) Berry’s phase;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Long Beach, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-813-1
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-813-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628540
  • Filename
    4628540