@article{11766, keywords = {hyperspectral fields, orbital angular momentum}, author = {Yuka Esashi and C.-T. Liao and B. Wang and Nathan Brooks and Kevin Dorney and Carlos Hernández-García and Henry Kapteyn and D. Adams and Margaret Murnane}, title = {Ptychographic amplitude and phase reconstruction of bichromatic vortex beams}, abstract = {

We experimentally demonstrate that ptychographic coherent diffractive imaging can be used to simultaneously characterize the amplitude and phase of bichromatic orbital angular momenta-shaped vortex beams, which consist of a fundamental field, together with its copropagating second-harmonic field. In contrast to most other orbital angular momentum characterization methods, this approach solves for the complex field of a hyperspectral beam. This technique can also be used to characterize other phase-structured illumination beams, and, in the future, will be able to be extended to other complex fields in the extreme ultraviolet or X-ray spectral regions, as well as to matter waves.

}, year = {2018}, journal = {Optics Express}, volume = {26}, pages = {34007-34015}, month = {2018-12}, url = {https://www.osapublishing.org/oe/fulltext.cfm?uri=oe-26-26-34007\&id=403120$\#$sec1-3}, doi = {10.1364/OE.26.034007}, }