Anisotropic polarization modulation for the production of arbitrary Poincaré beams

Shiyao Fu; Chunqing Gao; Tonglu Wang; Yanwang Zhai; Ci Yin

doi:10.1364/JOSAB.35.000001

Anisotropic polarization modulation for the production of arbitrary Poincaré beams

Shiyao Fu, Chunqing Gao^*, Tonglu Wang, Yanwang Zhai, Ci Yin

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School of Optics and Photonics

Beijing Institute of Technology

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-7
Number of pages	7
Journal	Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics
Volume	35
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAB.35.000001
Publication status	Published - 2018

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Fu, S., Gao, C., Wang, T., Zhai, Y., & Yin, C. (2018). Anisotropic polarization modulation for the production of arbitrary Poincaré beams. Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics, 35(1), 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAB.35.000001

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