Simple method for generation of vector beams using a small-angle birefringent beam splitter

Xie, Yiyan; Cheng, Zhen-Jia; Li, Xuan; Wang, Ben-Yi; Yue, Qing-Yang; Guo, Chen

doi:10.1364/ol.40.005109

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“…(2) in Ref. [39], we can see that the improved system shown in Fig. 1(a) has the same imaging properties or the same point spread function.…”

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“…Recently we reported a simple system for the generation of arbitrary vector beams based on a small-angle birefringent beam splitter (BBS) [39] . Although the introduction of the birefringent crystal in this method can greatly simplify the system and improve the quality of the generated vector beams, it also brings some disadvantages when different wavelengths or ultrashort pulse beams are involved.…”

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“…Therefore, we can design the CGH for the generation of the desired vector beams according to the algorithm described in Ref. [39]. For example, for creating the vector beam expressed by Eq.…”

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Generation of arbitrary vector beams based on a single spatial light modulator and a thin-film polarization splitting cubic

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A setup for the generation of arbitrary vector beams is proposed. The setup mainly consists of a spatial light modulator (SLM), an angle-adjustable polarization beam splitter modulator, and a spatial filtering imaging system. Compared with the system using a birefringent beam splitter with a non-adjustable splitting angle, the polarization splitting angle of the improved setup can be adjusted by slightly rotating the related mirrors, which will bring more convenience when different wavelengths and different pixel sizes of SLMs are involved. The experimental results also demonstrate that the setup possesses a good polarization-selective imaging ability, which reveals that the setup may also be useful in polarization-selective spatial filtering imaging and polarization-encoded encryption.

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“…(2) in Ref. [39], we can see that the improved system shown in Fig. 1(a) has the same imaging properties or the same point spread function.…”

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“…Considering this principle, various experimental approaches have been developed, enabling the combination of almost arbitrary scalar structured modes (e.g. [30,31,[69][70][71][72][73][74][75]).…”

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Customization and analysis of structured singular light fields

Otte

Denz

2021

J. Opt.

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Within the last decades, laser light has advanced from the typical Gaussian beam to structured light fields, spatially varying in its amplitude, phase, and/or polarization beyond the Gaussian shape. In this case, continuously changing light field properties vary around its ‘skeleton’, formed by optical singularities—namely, points, lines, or surfaces in which specific properties of light are undefined. Although optical singularities even appear in natural sunlight, only recently all kinds of singularities, especially in polarization-structured light, have became experimentally accessible. This progress has decisively pushed research in this area, allowing for novel insights into the fundamental nature of singular light and establishing structured singular light as a key tool for advanced applications as high-dimensional quantum key distribution, to name only one. Though research has evolved rapidly from the study of scalar to vectorial, and paraxial to non-paraxial (tightly focused) structured fields, a concise overview on the implemented realizations and analysis approaches is still missing. In this tutorial, we introduce the fundamentals of structured light fields and optical singularities in the paraxial as well as non-paraxial regime, provide the tools for its analysis, and exemplify its customization by holographic approaches.

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“…A simple method was presented by Guo et al which can generate vector beams with a small-angle birefringent beam splitter. 8 Delaney et al proposed an experimental scheme which can generate both first-and second-order vector beams. 9 Scherer et al used the diffractive optical element interferometer to generate optical vector beams.…”

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Generation of cylindrical and elliptical symmetrical vector beam on the Mach–Zehnder interferometer

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Yuan

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AIP Advances

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We propose a principal scheme to generate the cylindrical and the elliptical symmetrical vector beam based on a modified Mach-Zehnder interferometer. The modified Mach-Zehnder interferometer, the wave plates, the Polarizing Beam Splitter (PBS) and the Dove prism are used in this optical system. Two different order polarized beams can be generated and combined by this system and the arbitrary-order cylindrical and elliptical vector beams can be obtained. With the help of this simple optical system, the various profile vector beams can be generated flexibly.

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Simple method for generation of vector beams using a small-angle birefringent beam splitter

Cited by 16 publications

References 33 publications

Generation of arbitrary vector beams based on a single spatial light modulator and a thin-film polarization splitting cubic

Generation of arbitrary vector beams based on a single spatial light modulator and a thin-film polarization splitting cubic

Customization and analysis of structured singular light fields

Generation of cylindrical and elliptical symmetrical vector beam on the Mach–Zehnder interferometer

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