Transmission of fractional topological charges via circular arrays of anisotropic fibers

Opt Lett. 2017 Feb 15;42(4):783-786. doi: 10.1364/OL.42.000783.

Abstract

We demonstrate that in circular arrays of anisotropic fibers at certain distribution of anisotropy directors robust transmission of optical fields with half-integer topological charges is possible. We show that this is possible because the supermodes of such arrays may contain in their circularly polarized components half-integer topological charges of opposite values. We also study the structure of singularities in these supermodes.