The spatial distribution of beams with orbital angular momentum in the far field is known to be extremely sensitive to angular aberrations,such as astigmatism,coma and trefoil.This poses a challenge for conventional b...The spatial distribution of beams with orbital angular momentum in the far field is known to be extremely sensitive to angular aberrations,such as astigmatism,coma and trefoil.This poses a challenge for conventional beam optimization strategies when a homogeneous ring intensity is required for an application.We developed a novel approach for estimating the Zernike coefficients of low-order angular aberrations in the near field based solely on the analysis of the ring deformations in the far field.A fast,iterative reconstruction of the focal ring recreates the deformations and provides insight into the wavefront deformations in the near field without relying on conventional phase retrieval approaches.The output of our algorithm can be used to optimize the focal ring,as demonstrated experimentally at the 100 TW beamline at the Extreme Light Infrastructure-Nuclear Physics facility.展开更多
基金funded through IOSIN,Nucleu PN-IFIN-HH 23-26 Code PN 2321Extreme Light Infrastructure-Nuclear Physics(ELI-NP)Phase II+2 种基金a project co-financed by the Romanian Government and the European Union through the European Regional Development Fund and the Competitiveness Operational Programme(1/07.07.2016,COP,ID 1334)through IFA project ELI-RO 03/2020 Pulse-Mereadreceived funding from the European Union’s HORIZON-INFRA-2022-TECH-01 call under grant agreement number 101095207
文摘The spatial distribution of beams with orbital angular momentum in the far field is known to be extremely sensitive to angular aberrations,such as astigmatism,coma and trefoil.This poses a challenge for conventional beam optimization strategies when a homogeneous ring intensity is required for an application.We developed a novel approach for estimating the Zernike coefficients of low-order angular aberrations in the near field based solely on the analysis of the ring deformations in the far field.A fast,iterative reconstruction of the focal ring recreates the deformations and provides insight into the wavefront deformations in the near field without relying on conventional phase retrieval approaches.The output of our algorithm can be used to optimize the focal ring,as demonstrated experimentally at the 100 TW beamline at the Extreme Light Infrastructure-Nuclear Physics facility.
