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中国物理学会期刊

复杂光场中非正则涡旋点的传输动力学

Propagation dynamics of noncanonical vortex points in complex optical fields

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  • 涡旋光束凭借其特有的轨道角动量,在现代通信、量子信息及微纳操控等前沿领域中具有重要应用价值;而涡旋光束所包含的位相奇点在复杂光场中的传输特性,是相关领域的基础问题和技术瓶颈.基于近轴传输方程,本文通过严格的理论推导,建立了非正则位相奇点在任意复杂宿主光束中的传输轨迹模型.研究发现,受宿主光场强度与位相分布的影响,位相奇点的传输过程通常伴随着形状因子的动态演化以及诸如进动、湮灭等复杂拓扑现象.特别的,本文建立的模型系统揭示非对称光束中的离轴非正则涡旋在传输过程中的拓扑荷数反转效应,明确反转发生的条件,刻画位相奇点的传输轨迹,并从横向能流的角度阐明该效应背后的物理机制.本研究不仅在理论上加深对复杂光场中位相奇点动力学行为的理解,也为结构光场的精细调控、基于轨道角动量的新型光电子器件的精细设计提供了重要的参考依据.

    Vortex beams have garnered significant attention in cutting-edge fields such as modern optical communications, quantum information, and micro-nano manipulation due to their unique orbital angular momentum (OAM). However, the propagation characteristics of phase singularities in various complex optical fields remain a core research focus and technical challenge. Based on the paraxial wave equation, this paper establishes a general analytical propagation model for the phase singularities of noncanonical vortices embedded in arbitrary complex host beams. This model addresses the evolution characteristics of the spatial trajectory curves and shape factors of propagating non-canonical optical vortices in the free space. It is pointed out that due to the intensity and phase inhomogeneity of the complex host beam, the propagation of phase singularities is generally accompanied by the dynamic evolution of ellipticity and rich topological events, such as self-induced precession, oscillation, and annihilation between vortex pairs. Regarding the influence of the spatial distribution of the host beam on the trajectory of off-axis vortex points, studies show that the intensity gradient drives the phase singularity to move in the perpendicular direction. On the other hand, the phase gradient guides the vortex point to move in a direction parallel to the gradient. Particularly, the proposed analytical model has been applied to explain the inversion of topological charge successfully, which seems to violate the principle of topological charge conservation during free space propagation without external perturbations. The proposed model systematically interprets this striking phenomenon during the propagation of off-axis noncanonical vortex in asymmetric light beams, reveals the conditions for the inversion, predicts the propagation trajectories of phase singularities, and explains the physical mechanism underlying this effect from the perspective of transversal energy flow. Research indicates that the exchange between the OAM of non-canonical vortex beams and the local OAM of the asymmetric background beams constitutes the underlying physical mechanism for topological charge inversion. The non-canonical vortex core gains or loses OAM from its host beam, resulting in phase variations of its shape factor A and even polarity reversals. Nevertheless, the total OAM of the entire beam remains conserved, and this process does not alter the absolute value of the topological charge l of the vortex beam. The free space propagation characteristics of vortex points stand as one of the most central and fundamental research topics in the field of structured light fields, these research findings hold important theoretical significance and practical potential for the precise manipulation of structured optical fields and the development of novel optoelectronic devices based on orbital angular momentum.

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