Interference with polarized light beams: Generation of spatially varying polarization
Optics
2009-11-18 v2
Abstract
Using a scheme based on a Mach-Zehnder interferometer, we propose an analysis of the superposition of polarized laser beams at a given angle. The focus of our study is the spatially varying polarization state of the resulting field, also known as a polarization grating, generated by this setup. Our proposal combines a theoretical description of the resulting field in terms of its Stokes parameters with an experimental demonstration of the existence of such a polarization grating due to the effects of polarization on beam interference experiments.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0904.0204,
title = {Interference with polarized light beams: Generation of spatially varying polarization},
author = {B. M. Rodriguez-Lara and I. Ricardez-Vargas},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0904.0204},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
16 pages, 9 figures