Generalized q -plates and alternative kinds of vector and vortex beams
We took a generalization of the conventional concept of the q-plate, allowing in its definition nonlinear functions of the azimuthal coordinate, and simulated the resulting fields of applying this kind of element to uniformly polarized input beams, both in the near-field (Fresnel diffraction) and th...
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| Formato: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2019 |
| País: | Argentina |
| Recursos: | Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas |
| Repositorio: | CONICET Digital (CONICET) |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/150606 |
| Acesso em linha: | http://hdl.handle.net/11336/150606 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palavra-chave: | ORBITAL POLARIZATION VORTICES https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.3 https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1 |
| Resumo: | We took a generalization of the conventional concept of the q-plate, allowing in its definition nonlinear functions of the azimuthal coordinate, and simulated the resulting fields of applying this kind of element to uniformly polarized input beams, both in the near-field (Fresnel diffraction) and the far-field (Fraunhofer diffraction) approximations. In general terms, when working in the near-field regime, the chosen function defines the output polarization structure for linearly polarized input beams and the phase of the output field for circularly polarized input beams. In the far-field regime, it is obtained that when there are nonlinearities in the azimuthal variable, the central singularity of the polarization field of a vector or vortex beam may divide into several singularities of lower topological charge, preserving the total charge. Depending on the chosen q-plate function, different particular behaviors on the output beam are observed, which offers a whole range of possibilities for creating alternative kinds of vector and vortex beams, as well as polarization critical points and singularity distributions. |
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