Generation of radially polarized beams and higher order polarization singularities by optical parametric amplification of optical vortices

Paulius Stanislovaitis; Maksym Ivanov; Aidas Matijošius; Valerijus Smilgevičius; Titas Gertus

doi:10.1117/1.OE.56.9.095101

9 September 2017 Generation of radially polarized beams and higher order polarization singularities by optical parametric amplification of optical vortices

Paulius Stanislovaitis, Maksym Ivanov, Aidas Matijošius, Valerijus Smilgevičius, Titas Gertus

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Optical Engineering, Vol. 56, Issue 9, 095101 (September 2017). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.56.9.095101

Abstract

We show a method to form radially and azimuthally polarized beams as well as higher order polarization singularities by superposition of optical vortices with opposite topological charges obtained by optical parametric amplification. The proposed method could find applications in optical trapping of particles, nonlinear optics experiments, and laser material processing.

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Paulius Stanislovaitis, Maksym Ivanov, Aidas Matijošius, Valerijus Smilgevičius, and Titas Gertus "Generation of radially polarized beams and higher order polarization singularities by optical parametric amplification of optical vortices," Optical Engineering 56(9), 095101 (9 September 2017). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.56.9.095101

Received: 22 June 2017; Accepted: 16 August 2017; Published: 9 September 2017

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