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Generation of arbitrary full Poincar\'{e} beams on the hybrid-order Poincar\'{e} sphere

Optics 2015-04-28 v1

Abstract

We propose that the full Poincar\'{e} beam with any polarization geometries can be pictorially described by the hybrid-order Poincar\'{e} sphere whose eigenstates are defined as a fundamental-mode Gaussian beam and a Laguerre-Gauss beam. A robust and efficient Sagnac interferometer is established to generate any desired full Poincar\'{e} beam on the hybrid-order Poincar\'{e} sphere, via modulating the incident state of polarization. Our research may provide an alternative way for describing the full Poincar\'{e} beam and an effective method to manipulate the polarization of light.

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@article{arxiv.1504.07115,
  title  = {Generation of arbitrary full Poincar\'{e} beams on the hybrid-order Poincar\'{e} sphere},
  author = {Xiaohui Ling and Xunong Yi and Zhiping Dai and Youwen Wang and Liezun Chen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1504.07115},
  year   = {2015}
}

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12 Pages, 5 figures