Rotating full poincare beams

Ye.A. Krasnoshchekov, V.V. Yaparov, V.B. Taranenko
2016 2016 IEEE 7th International Conference on Advanced Optoelectronics and Lasers (CAOL)  
We demonstrate numerically the existence and dynamical properties of rotating full Poincaré beams. They are generated either spontaneously or by injection of an optical field into the isotropic laser containing no selective elements except for a circular diaphragm that controls the Fresnel number of laser cavity. For moderate Fresnel numbers, five different kinds of full Poincaré laser modes are available. Each of these modes has an axially symmetric total intensity profile and a distinct
more » ... zation pattern that rotates around the beam axis with a constant velocity.
doi:10.1109/caol.2016.7851442 fatcat:o6r3u3wirbeenkhipixdcb4zqa