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In order to generate high quality regular optical vortex array (OVA), we present an experimental method for generating OVA using phase only liquid crystal spatial light modulator (LC-SLM) assisted two gratings. In the scheme, holograms of two grating are displayed on the screen of two LC-SLMs respectively; the diffraction optical fields are captured by a CCD camera. The simulated and experimental results show that the regular OVA can be generated by using double diffraction gratings. The generated OVAs have a constant topological charge of ±1. The method can provide a useful pathway to produce regular OVA for some applications in optical communication, particle trapping and optical metrology.
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This work has been supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos.61975099 and 11902317), and the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province of China (Nos.ZR201702090137 and ZR2017LA010).
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Sun, Hb., Zhang, Xy. & Sun, P. Generation of regular optical vortex arrays using double gratings. Optoelectron. Lett. 17, 317–320 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11801-021-0047-0
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