Vortex Structure Induced by m-fold Symmetric Stress Birefringence

A. Spilman; T. G. Brown

doi:10.1364/FIO.2006.FTuY5

Frontiers in Optics
OSA Technical Digest (CD) (Optica Publishing Group, 2006),
paper FTuY5
•https://doi.org/10.1364/FIO.2006.FTuY5

Vortex Structure Induced by m-fold Symmetric Stress Birefringence

A. Spilman and T. G. Brown

Frontiers in Optics 2006

Rochester, New York United States
10–13 October 2006
ISBN: 1-55752-818-7

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Abstract

Symmetric stress gradients produce intriguing space-variant birefringence patterns in circular windows. When illuminated with circularly polarized light, vortices appear in equally spaced rings. We describe the implementation of these vortices and their use in imaging.

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