Stress birefringent, space-variant wave plates for vortex illumination
Applied Optics, Vol. 46, Issue 1, pp. 61-66 (2007)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/AO.46.000061
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Abstract
We describe the use of stress birefringence in the creation of vortex illumination. A trifold symmetric stress pattern will provide an annular region that exhibits polarization vortices when illuminated with linearly polarized light and scalar vortices when illuminated with circularly polarized light. A finite element plane-stress model is used to analyze the space-variant anisotropy.
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OCIS Codes
(260.1440) Physical optics : Birefringence
(260.5430) Physical optics : Polarization
ToC Category:
Physical Optics
History
Original Manuscript: June 29, 2006
Revised Manuscript: September 7, 2006
Manuscript Accepted: September 8, 2006
Citation
Alexis K. Spilman and Thomas G. Brown, "Stress birefringent, space-variant wave plates for vortex illumination," Appl. Opt. 46, 61-66 (2007)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ao/abstract.cfm?URI=ao-46-1-61
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