Abstract

With fractal amplitude masks of the Sierpinski carpet and Sierpinski triangle, we theoretically and experimentally present the diffraction properties and applications of spatially structured optical fields, including the vector optical field, vortex optical field, and vortex vector optical field. The diffraction patterns of the vector optical fields exhibit self-similarity, and the characteristics of the vector optical fields are maintained in every diffraction peak. The diffraction patterns of the vortex optical fields and vortex vector optical fields exhibit triangular lattice arrays, and the vortex topological charge can be determined by the number of peak spots in the triangular lattice array. We hope these diffraction properties with fractal amplitude masks can be applied not only in detecting topological charges of spatially structured optical fields, but also in generating flexibly controlled diffraction patterns and lattice arrays, which may be useful in optical machining, optical trapping, and information transmission.

© 2019 Optical Society of America

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