Abstract

We employ an optical vortex beam for the generation of femtosecond supercontinuum in a solid state medium. We demonstrate that the continuum generation process is initiated by the filamentation of the vortex, resulting in a spatially divergent continuum. Despite the strong self-focusing and the formation of multiple hot-spots along the vortex ring, the singularity is preserved in both the near- and far-fields.

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I. Buchvarov, A. Trifonov, and T. Fiebig, “Toward an understanding of white-light generation in cubic media-polarization properties across the entire spectral range,” Opt. Lett. 32, 1539–1541 (2007).
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2006 (3)

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2000 (1)

1999 (1)

1997 (2)

A. Berzanskis, A. Matijosius, A. Piskarskas, V. Smilgevicius, and A. Stabinis, “Conversion of topological charge of optical vortices in a parametric frequency converter,” Opt. Commun. 140, 273–276 (1997).
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[Crossref]

1995 (1)

1970 (1)

R. R. Alfano and S. L. Shapiro, “Emission in the region 4000 to 7000 Å via four-photon coupling in glass,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 24, 584–587 (1970).
[Crossref]

’t Hooft, G. W.

L. T. Vuong, T. D. Grow, A. Ishaaya, A. L. Gaeta, G. W. ’t Hooft, E. R. Eliel, and G. Fibich, “Collapse of optical vortices,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 13390 (2006).
[Crossref]

Alfano, R. R.

H. I. Sztul, V. Kartazayev, and R. R. Alfano, “Laguerre-Gaussian supercontinuum,” Opt. Lett. 31, 2725–2727 (2006).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

R. R. Alfano and S. L. Shapiro, “Emission in the region 4000 to 7000 Å via four-photon coupling in glass,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 24, 584–587 (1970).
[Crossref]

Bellini, M.

Bergé, L.

A. Vinçotte and L. Bergé, “Femtosecond optical vortices in air,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 193901 (2005).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Bernet, S.

Berzanskis, A.

A. Berzanskis, A. Matijosius, A. Piskarskas, V. Smilgevicius, and A. Stabinis, “Conversion of topological charge of optical vortices in a parametric frequency converter,” Opt. Commun. 140, 273–276 (1997).
[Crossref]

Bowman, C. N.

T. F. Scott, B. A. Kowalski, A. C. Sullivan, C. N. Bowman, and R. R. McLeod “Two-color single-photon photoinitiation and photoinhibition for subdiffraction photolithography,” Science 324, 913–917 (2009).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Brodeour, A.

Buchvarov, I.

Chin, S. L.

Christou, J.

Coen, S.

J. M. Dudley, G. Genty, and S. Coen, “Supercontinuum generation in photonic crystal fiber,” Rev. Mod. Phys. 78, 1135–1184 (2006).
[Crossref]

Dudley, J. M.

J. M. Dudley, G. Genty, and S. Coen, “Supercontinuum generation in photonic crystal fiber,” Rev. Mod. Phys. 78, 1135–1184 (2006).
[Crossref]

Eliel, E. R.

L. T. Vuong, T. D. Grow, A. Ishaaya, A. L. Gaeta, G. W. ’t Hooft, E. R. Eliel, and G. Fibich, “Collapse of optical vortices,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 13390 (2006).
[Crossref]

Fibich, G.

L. T. Vuong, T. D. Grow, A. Ishaaya, A. L. Gaeta, G. W. ’t Hooft, E. R. Eliel, and G. Fibich, “Collapse of optical vortices,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 13390 (2006).
[Crossref]

Fiebig, T.

Firth, W. J.

W. J. Firth and D. V. Skryabin, “Optical solitons carrying orbital angular momentum,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 79, 2450–2453 (1997).
[Crossref]

Foo, G.

Furhapter, S.

Gaeta, A. L.

L. T. Vuong, T. D. Grow, A. Ishaaya, A. L. Gaeta, G. W. ’t Hooft, E. R. Eliel, and G. Fibich, “Collapse of optical vortices,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 13390 (2006).
[Crossref]

Genty, G.

J. M. Dudley, G. Genty, and S. Coen, “Supercontinuum generation in photonic crystal fiber,” Rev. Mod. Phys. 78, 1135–1184 (2006).
[Crossref]

Gorbach, A. V.

A. V. Gorbach and D. V. Skryabin, “Cascaded generation of multiply charged optical vortices and spatiotemporal helical beams in a raman medium,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 243601 (2007).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Grier, D. G.

D. G. Grier, “A revolution in optical manipulation,” Nature 424, 810–816 (2003).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Grow, T. D.

L. T. Vuong, T. D. Grow, A. Ishaaya, A. L. Gaeta, G. W. ’t Hooft, E. R. Eliel, and G. Fibich, “Collapse of optical vortices,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 13390 (2006).
[Crossref]

Hänsch, T. W.

Ishaaya, A.

L. T. Vuong, T. D. Grow, A. Ishaaya, A. L. Gaeta, G. W. ’t Hooft, E. R. Eliel, and G. Fibich, “Collapse of optical vortices,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 13390 (2006).
[Crossref]

Jesacher, A.

Kartazayev, V.

Kowalski, B. A.

T. F. Scott, B. A. Kowalski, A. C. Sullivan, C. N. Bowman, and R. R. McLeod “Two-color single-photon photoinitiation and photoinhibition for subdiffraction photolithography,” Science 324, 913–917 (2009).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Luther-Daves, B.

Marte, M. Ritsch

Matijosius, A.

A. Berzanskis, A. Matijosius, A. Piskarskas, V. Smilgevicius, and A. Stabinis, “Conversion of topological charge of optical vortices in a parametric frequency converter,” Opt. Commun. 140, 273–276 (1997).
[Crossref]

McLeod, R. R.

T. F. Scott, B. A. Kowalski, A. C. Sullivan, C. N. Bowman, and R. R. McLeod “Two-color single-photon photoinitiation and photoinhibition for subdiffraction photolithography,” Science 324, 913–917 (2009).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Palacios, D. M.

Piskarskas, A.

A. Berzanskis, A. Matijosius, A. Piskarskas, V. Smilgevicius, and A. Stabinis, “Conversion of topological charge of optical vortices in a parametric frequency converter,” Opt. Commun. 140, 273–276 (1997).
[Crossref]

Scott, T. F.

T. F. Scott, B. A. Kowalski, A. C. Sullivan, C. N. Bowman, and R. R. McLeod “Two-color single-photon photoinitiation and photoinhibition for subdiffraction photolithography,” Science 324, 913–917 (2009).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Shapiro, S. L.

R. R. Alfano and S. L. Shapiro, “Emission in the region 4000 to 7000 Å via four-photon coupling in glass,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 24, 584–587 (1970).
[Crossref]

Skryabin, D. V.

A. V. Gorbach and D. V. Skryabin, “Cascaded generation of multiply charged optical vortices and spatiotemporal helical beams in a raman medium,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 243601 (2007).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

W. J. Firth and D. V. Skryabin, “Optical solitons carrying orbital angular momentum,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 79, 2450–2453 (1997).
[Crossref]

Smilgevicius, V.

A. Berzanskis, A. Matijosius, A. Piskarskas, V. Smilgevicius, and A. Stabinis, “Conversion of topological charge of optical vortices in a parametric frequency converter,” Opt. Commun. 140, 273–276 (1997).
[Crossref]

Stabinis, A.

A. Berzanskis, A. Matijosius, A. Piskarskas, V. Smilgevicius, and A. Stabinis, “Conversion of topological charge of optical vortices in a parametric frequency converter,” Opt. Commun. 140, 273–276 (1997).
[Crossref]

Sullivan, A. C.

T. F. Scott, B. A. Kowalski, A. C. Sullivan, C. N. Bowman, and R. R. McLeod “Two-color single-photon photoinitiation and photoinhibition for subdiffraction photolithography,” Science 324, 913–917 (2009).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Swartzlander, Jr., G. A.

Sztul, H. I.

Terriza, G. Molina

G. Molina Terriza, J. P. Torres, and L. Torner, “Twisted photons,” Nature Physics 3, 305–310 (2007).
[Crossref]

Tikhonenko, V.

Torner, L.

G. Molina Terriza, J. P. Torres, and L. Torner, “Twisted photons,” Nature Physics 3, 305–310 (2007).
[Crossref]

Torres, J. P.

G. Molina Terriza, J. P. Torres, and L. Torner, “Twisted photons,” Nature Physics 3, 305–310 (2007).
[Crossref]

Trifonov, A.

Vinçotte, A.

A. Vinçotte and L. Bergé, “Femtosecond optical vortices in air,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 193901 (2005).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Vuong, L. T.

L. T. Vuong, T. D. Grow, A. Ishaaya, A. L. Gaeta, G. W. ’t Hooft, E. R. Eliel, and G. Fibich, “Collapse of optical vortices,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 13390 (2006).
[Crossref]

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D. G. Grier, “A revolution in optical manipulation,” Nature 424, 810–816 (2003).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Nature Physics (1)

G. Molina Terriza, J. P. Torres, and L. Torner, “Twisted photons,” Nature Physics 3, 305–310 (2007).
[Crossref]

Opt. Commun. (1)

A. Berzanskis, A. Matijosius, A. Piskarskas, V. Smilgevicius, and A. Stabinis, “Conversion of topological charge of optical vortices in a parametric frequency converter,” Opt. Commun. 140, 273–276 (1997).
[Crossref]

Opt. Lett. (5)

Phys. Rev. Lett. (5)

R. R. Alfano and S. L. Shapiro, “Emission in the region 4000 to 7000 Å via four-photon coupling in glass,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 24, 584–587 (1970).
[Crossref]

A. V. Gorbach and D. V. Skryabin, “Cascaded generation of multiply charged optical vortices and spatiotemporal helical beams in a raman medium,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 243601 (2007).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

A. Vinçotte and L. Bergé, “Femtosecond optical vortices in air,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 193901 (2005).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

W. J. Firth and D. V. Skryabin, “Optical solitons carrying orbital angular momentum,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 79, 2450–2453 (1997).
[Crossref]

L. T. Vuong, T. D. Grow, A. Ishaaya, A. L. Gaeta, G. W. ’t Hooft, E. R. Eliel, and G. Fibich, “Collapse of optical vortices,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 13390 (2006).
[Crossref]

Rev. Mod. Phys. (1)

J. M. Dudley, G. Genty, and S. Coen, “Supercontinuum generation in photonic crystal fiber,” Rev. Mod. Phys. 78, 1135–1184 (2006).
[Crossref]

Science (1)

T. F. Scott, B. A. Kowalski, A. C. Sullivan, C. N. Bowman, and R. R. McLeod “Two-color single-photon photoinitiation and photoinhibition for subdiffraction photolithography,” Science 324, 913–917 (2009).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

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Fig. 1.
Fig. 1. Experimental setup: CPA-2001 – femtosecond laser and chirped pulse amplifier (Clark-MXR); CGH – computer generated hologram; D – diaphragm; λ/4 – quarter waveplate; L 1 – focusing lens of a focal length f = 30 cm; L 2 – imaging lens of f = 10 cm; CaF2 – 5mm thick rotating sample, which longitudinal position is varied simultaneously with the mirror M and the lens L 2; CCD – color camera; SP – spectrometer (Avantes). Pos. 1 and Pos. 2 denote data acquisition in the near- and far-field, respectively. Inset – typical vortex profile observed after the CGH.

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Fig. 2.
Fig. 2. Supercontinuum generation from a vortex beam. (a) Normalized spectrum of the output light for different positions of the beam waist with respect to the CaF2 sample. (b–d) Color far-field profiles for different input positions of the beam waist.

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Fig. 3.
Fig. 3. Far-field vortex intensity profiles in the spectral range 750 – 800 nm at longitudinal positions (a) 3mm and (c) 0 mm. (b, d) The corresponding spectral content (log scale - lnS) of the vortex core recorded at 16 positions along the dashed line in (a, c).

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Fig. 4.
Fig. 4. (a, b) Far-field intensity profile of the supercontinuum at 8 mW average laser power, showing fringes in the blue spectral range. (a) Full color profile, (b) only the blue components have been extracted from (a) to improve fringe visibility. (c, d) Near-field intensity profile of the supercontinuum radiation at the back side of the CaF2 sample at 22mW average laser power, showing the formation of light filaments and their contribution to the supercontinuum generation. (c) Full-color image and (d) image filtered with a long-pass spectral filter.

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Fig. 5.
Fig. 5. Near-field vortex profiles observed for low (top) and high (bottom) power at focusing lens-to-sample distance of 4, 3, 2, 1, 0 mm, respectively. At high average power of 22mW (bottom row) the vortex ring experiences strong self-focusing and hot spot formation.

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