Effect of linear polarizers on the behavior of partially coherent and partially polarized highly focused fields

In this Letter, we describe the behavior of partially coherent, partially polarized focused vector beams after passing a linear polarizer placed at the focal plane of a high numerical aperture microscope lens. In particular, we develop a mathematical framework for such beams that helps the understan...

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Autores: Martínez-Herrero, Rosario, Maluenda Niubó, David, Juvells Prades, Ignacio, Carnicer González, Arturo
Tipo de documento: artigo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Data de publicação:2018
País:España
Recursos:Universidad de Barcelona
Repositório:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
OAI Identifier:oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/124681
Acesso em linha:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/124681
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:Polarització (Llum)
Refracció
Polarization (Light)
Refraction
Descrição
Resumo:In this Letter, we describe the behavior of partially coherent, partially polarized focused vector beams after passing a linear polarizer placed at the focal plane of a high numerical aperture microscope lens. In particular, we develop a mathematical framework for such beams that helps the understanding of the performance of polarizers when interact with non-paraxial beams. The features of the focused field after the polarizer are numerically evaluated for some illustrative examples.