Study of internal energy flows in dipole vortex beams by knife edge test

The rotation of Poynting vector in dipole vortex beam (DVB) during propagation has been experimentally detected in a knife edge test. The dipole vortex beam is generated, when a collimated laser beam is incident on a phase mask, displayed on spatial light modulator (SLM) in reflection mode. The knife edge test reveals dipole configurations through strikingly distinct intensity intrusions in the geometrical shadow region.