Full Poincaré beams obtained by means of uniaxial crystals

Juan Carlos G. de Sande; Massimo Santarsiero; Gemma Piquero

doi:10.1117/12.2275812

22 August 2017 Full Poincaré beams obtained by means of uniaxial crystals

Juan Carlos G. de Sande, Massimo Santarsiero, Gemma Piquero

Proceedings Volume 10453, Third International Conference on Applications of Optics and Photonics; 1045323 (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2275812
Event: Third International Conference on Applications of Optics and Photonics, 2017, Faro, Portugal

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.

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Juan Carlos G. de Sande, Massimo Santarsiero, and Gemma Piquero "Full Poincaré beams obtained by means of uniaxial crystals", Proc. SPIE 10453, Third International Conference on Applications of Optics and Photonics, 1045323 (22 August 2017); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2275812

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