Abstract
An analytical expression for the spatial spectrum of the conic wave diffracted by a spiral phase plate (SPP) with arbitrary integer singularity of order n is obtained. Conic wave diffraction by the SPP is equivalent to plane-wave diffraction by a helical axicon. A comparison of the conic wave and Gaussian beam diffraction on a SPP is made. It is shown that in both cases a light ring is formed, with the intensity function growing in proportion to rho(2n) at small values of radial variable rho and decreasing as n(2)rho(-4) at large rho. By use of direct e-beam writing on the resist, a 32 level SPP of the 2nd order and diameter 5 mm is manufactured. By use of this SPP, a He-Ne laser beam is transformed into a beam with phase singularity and ringlike intensity distribution. A four-order binary diffractive optical element (DOE) with its transmittance proportional to a linear superposition of four angular harmonics is also manufactured. With this DOE, simultaneous optical trapping of several polystyrene beads of diameter 5 microm is performed.
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