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تسجيل مستخدم جديدDynamic Spatiotemporal Beams that Combine Two Independent and Controllable Orbital-Angular-Momenta Using Multiple Optical-Frequency-Comb Lines
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Novel forms of beam generation and propagation based on structured light and orbital angular momentum (OAM) have gained significant interest over the past several years. Indeed, dynamic OAM can manifest at a given propagation distance in different forms , including: (1) a simple Gaussian-like beam dot revolves around an offset central axis in time, and (2) a Laguerre-Gaussian (LG) beam with a helically twisting phase front that rotates around its own central null in time. In this paper, we numerically generate dynamic spatiotemporal beams that combine these two forms of orbital-angular-momenta by coherently adding multiple frequency comb lines such that each carries a superposition of multiple LG(l,p) modes containing one l value but multiple p values. The generated beams can have different non-zero rotating l values with high modal purities that exhibit both rotation and revolution in time at a given propagation distance. In our simulation results, we were able to control and vary several parameters, including the: (i) rotating l value from +1 to +3 with modal purities of ~96%, (ii) revolving speed of 0.2-0.6 THz, (iii) beam waist of 0.15-0.5 mm, and (iv) revolving radius of 0.75-1.5 mm.
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