Cylindrical vector beam generator using a two-element interferometer
Optics
2019-12-02 v1
Abstract
We realize a robust and compact cylindrical vector beam generator which consists of a simple two-element interferometer composed of a beam displacer and a cube beamsplitter. The interferometer operates on the higher-order Poincare sphere transforming a homogeneously polarized vortex into a cylindrical vector (CV) beam. We experimentally demonstrate the transformation of a single vortex beam into all the well-known CV beams and show the operations on the higher-order Poincare sphere according to the control parameters. Our method offers an alternative to the Pancharatnam-Berry phase optical elements and has the potential to be implemented as a monolithic device.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1908.07562,
title = {Cylindrical vector beam generator using a two-element interferometer},
author = {Job Mendoza-Hernandez and Manuel F. Ferrer-Garcia and Jorge Arturo Rojas-Santana and Dorilian Lopez-Mago},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1908.07562},
year = {2019}
}