Optical vortices generation using the Wollaston prism.
Piotr Kurzynowski, Władysław A. Woźniak, Ewa Frączek Institute of Physics, Wrocław University of Technology,
Wybrzeże Wyspiańskiego 27, 50-370 Wrocław, Poland
Abstract
A new setup of interferometer is proposed in which the set of specific optical markers – optical vortices – could be generated. The classical Mach-Zender two-beam interferometer has been modernized using the Wollaston prism. In this setup the optical vortices could be obtained for wide range of both beam parameters. The numerical analysis and experiments confirm our theoretical predictions.