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Vortex coronagraphy from self-engineered liquid crystal spin-orbit masks

Optics 2016-11-17 v2

Abstract

We report on a soft route towards optical vortex coronagraphy based on self-engineered electrically tunable vortex masks based on liquid crystal topological defects. These results suggest that a nature-assisted technological approach to the fabrication of complex phase masks could be useful in optical imaging whenever optical phase singularities are at play.

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@article{arxiv.1609.05789,
  title  = {Vortex coronagraphy from self-engineered liquid crystal spin-orbit masks},
  author = {Artur Aleksanyan and Etienne Brasselet},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1609.05789},
  year   = {2016}
}
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