Optical vortices in twisted elliptical optical fibers with torsional stress

Constantine N. Alexeyev (1) , Elena Barshak (1) , Yurii A. Fridman (1) , Maxim A. Yavorsky (1, 2)

1 Vernadsky Prospekt
2 LOMA - Laboratoire Ondes et Matière d'Aquitaine

In the present paper we have derived the analytical expressions for the modes of twisted elliptical fibers with torsional mechanical stress at various relationships of the fiber parameters. It was shown that circularly polarized optical vortices with the topological charges ±1 can propagate in elliptical fibers as generic modes if ellipticity and the twist-induced circular birefringence suppress the spin-orbit interaction. A comparison of the obtained results with the corresponding results for spun elliptical fibers is made.

Mots clés: Fiber properties; Fiber optics; Singular optics

Domaines: Optique [physics.optics]

Constantine N. Alexeyev, Elena Barshak, Yurii A. Fridman, Maxim A. Yavorsky. Optical vortices in twisted elliptical optical fibers with torsional stress. Applied optics, 2012, 51 (10), pp.C163-C169. ⟨10.1364/AO.51.00C163⟩. ⟨hal-00731805⟩