TY - JOUR
T1 - Anisotropic polarization modulation for the production of arbitrary Poincaré beams
AU - Fu, Shiyao
AU - Gao, Chunqing
AU - Wang, Tonglu
AU - Zhai, Yanwang
AU - Yin, Ci
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Optical Society of America.
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - In this paper, we show a universal scheme to produce arbitrary Poincaré beams of arbitrary positions (ρ, σ) on the surface of arbitrary order Poincaré spheres with high efficiency. The proposed arrangement consists of two liquid-crystal spatial light modulators (SLMs), a half-wave plate (HWP), and a quarter-wave plate. For the generated Poincaré beams, the longitude ρ is determined by the holograms on the second SLM, while the latitude σ is controlled by the HWP. In the experiment, the generated Poincaré beams are analyzed through a polarizer and a special parameter S3∕S0, showing good agreement with prediction.
AB - In this paper, we show a universal scheme to produce arbitrary Poincaré beams of arbitrary positions (ρ, σ) on the surface of arbitrary order Poincaré spheres with high efficiency. The proposed arrangement consists of two liquid-crystal spatial light modulators (SLMs), a half-wave plate (HWP), and a quarter-wave plate. For the generated Poincaré beams, the longitude ρ is determined by the holograms on the second SLM, while the latitude σ is controlled by the HWP. In the experiment, the generated Poincaré beams are analyzed through a polarizer and a special parameter S3∕S0, showing good agreement with prediction.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85053848578
U2 - 10.1364/JOSAB.35.000001
DO - 10.1364/JOSAB.35.000001
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85053848578
SN - 0740-3224
VL - 35
SP - 1
EP - 7
JO - Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics
JF - Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics
IS - 1
ER -