The generation of non-uniformly totally polarized beams and the study of their applications is a subject of increasing interest in the last years. A particular class of beams of this kind are the so-called full Poincaré beams, which have the property of presenting all possible polarization states across their transverse section. Here we present a simple and easy way to obtain a beam endowed with such property. The method is based on the use of an initially linearly polarized beam that propagates along the optic axis of a uniaxial crystal.
De Sande, J.C.G., Santarsiero, M., Piquero, G. (2017). Full Poincare' beams obtained by means of uniaxial crystals. In Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering (pp.140). SPIE [10.1117/12.2275812].
Full Poincare' beams obtained by means of uniaxial crystals
Santarsiero, Massimo;
2017-01-01
Abstract
The generation of non-uniformly totally polarized beams and the study of their applications is a subject of increasing interest in the last years. A particular class of beams of this kind are the so-called full Poincaré beams, which have the property of presenting all possible polarization states across their transverse section. Here we present a simple and easy way to obtain a beam endowed with such property. The method is based on the use of an initially linearly polarized beam that propagates along the optic axis of a uniaxial crystal.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
