Rotationally induced vortices in optical cavity modes

We show that vortices appear in the modes of an astigmatic optical cavity when it is put into rotation about its optical axis. We study the properties of these vortices and discuss numerical results for a specific realization of such a set-up. Our method is exact up to first order in the time-depend...

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Published in:Journal of optics (2010) 2009-09, Vol.11 (9), p.094006-094006 (8)
Main Authors: Habraken, Steven J M, Nienhuis, Gerard
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Approximation
Fluid flow
Holes
Ladders
Mathematical analysis
Mathematical models
Operators
Vortices
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Summary:We show that vortices appear in the modes of an astigmatic optical cavity when it is put into rotation about its optical axis. We study the properties of these vortices and discuss numerical results for a specific realization of such a set-up. Our method is exact up to first order in the time-dependent paraxial approximation and involves bosonic ladder operators in the spirit of the quantum-mechanical harmonic oscillator.
ISSN:1464-4258
2040-8978
1741-3567
DOI:10.1088/1464-4258/11/9/094006