Title
Preparation of poincaré beams with a same-path polarization/spatial-mode interferometer
Date Issued
01 November 2015
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Colgate University
Publisher(s)
SPIE
Abstract
We present a same-path polarization interferometer that uses two spatial light modulators to encode the most general type of Poincaré beam. We demonstrate this design by presenting new results on the encoding of symmetric C-point polarization singularities using spatial modes with high-order topological charges. We also present new results on composite C-points. These are cases where there are multiple C-points in a single beam obtained by combining two modes with composite optical vortices in orthogonal states of polarization. The measurements show good agreement with the simulations.
Volume
54
Issue
11
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Óptica
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84953924546
Source
Optical Engineering
Resource of which it is part
Optical Engineering
ISSN of the container
00913286
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