Speaker
Ms
Thandeka Mhlanga
(1.CSIR National Laser Centre, PO Box 395, Pretoria 0001, South Africa 2 . College of Agriculture, Engineering & Science , University of Kwazulu-Natal, Westville Campus, Durban,4000, South Africa.)
Apply to be<br> considered for a student <br> award (Yes / No)?
Yes
Abstract content <br> (Max 300 words)
Bessel beams have many properties which make them to be an interest of study. Their known properties include that they are non-diffractive of a certain region, they form an annular ring at far distances and they self reconstruct after encountering an obstruction. In this poster we will demonstrate an efficient way of measuring the Bessel beam parameters using a simple experimental setup where spatial light modulators will be used to generate Bessel-Gauss beams and to measure the orbital angular momentum (OAM) state they carry as well as their radial component using a modal decomposition technique.
Main supervisor (name and email)<br>and his / her institution
Prof. A. Forbes, AForbes@csir.co.za,CSIR National Laser Centre, PO Box 395, Pretoria 0001, South Africa
Would you like to <br> submit a short paper <br> for the Conference <br> Proceedings (Yes / No)?
No
Level for award<br> (Hons, MSc, <br> PhD)?
MSc
Primary author
Ms
Thandeka Mhlanga
(1.CSIR National Laser Centre, PO Box 395, Pretoria 0001, South Africa 2 . College of Agriculture, Engineering & Science , University of Kwazulu-Natal, Westville Campus, Durban,4000, South Africa.)
Co-authors
Prof.
Andrew Forbes
(1. CSIR National Laser Centre, PO Box 395, Pretoria 0001, South Africa 2 . College of Agriculture, Engineering & Science , University of Kwazulu-Natal, Westville Campus, Durban,4000, South Africa. 3. Stellenbosch University, Private Bag x1, Matieland, 7602, South Africa)
Ms
Melanie McLaren
(1. CSIR National Laser Centre, PO Box 395, Pretoria 0001, South Africa , 2. Stellenbosch University, Private Bag x1, Matieland, 7602, South Africa)
Dr
Stef Roux
(. CSIR National Laser Centre, PO Box 395, Pretoria 0001, South Africa)
