Reconfigurable beams with arbitrary polarization and shape distributions at a given plane

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Reconfigurable beams with arbitrary polarization and shape distributions at a given plane

David Maluenda, Ignasi Juvells, Rosario Martínez-Herrero, and Artur Carnicer »View Author Affiliations

Optics Express, Vol. 21, Issue 5, pp. 5432-5439 (2013)
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Abstract

Methods for generating beams with arbitrary polarization based on the use of liquid crystal displays have recently attracted interest from a wide range of sources. In this paper we present a technique for generating beams with arbitrary polarization and shape distributions at a given plane using a Mach-Zehnder setup. The transverse components of the incident beam are processed independently by means of spatial light modulators placed in each path of the interferometer. The modulators display computer generated holograms designed to dynamically encode any amplitude value and polarization state for each point of the wavefront in a given plane. The steps required to design such beams are described in detail. Several beams performing different polarization and intensity landscapes have been experimentally implemented. The results obtained demonstrate the capability of the proposed technique to tailor the amplitude and polarization of the beam simultaneously.

1. Introduction

The propagation of polarized light and its interaction with matter have been extensively explored in the fields of optical inspection and meteorology, display technologies, data storage, optical communications, material sciences and astronomy, as well as in biological research [1

Q. Zhan, “Cylindrical vector beams: from mathematical concepts to applications,” Adv. Opt. Photonics 1, 1–57 (2009) [CrossRef] .

]. While early studies mainly dealt with spatially homogeneous polarization states, in recent years interest in arbitrary spatially-variant polarized beams (ASPBs) has increased significantly due to their special properties compared to homogeneously polarized beams, which can thereby enhance the functionality of optical systems. Nevertheless, the generation of ASPBs can be a difficult task; while static techniques do not allow dynamic encoding of ASPB patterns [2

S.C. Tidwell, G.H. Kim, and W.D. Kimura, “Efficient radially polarized laser beam generation with a double interferometer,” Appl. Opt. 32, 5222–5229 (1993) [CrossRef] [PubMed] .

–5

A. Flores-Pérez, J. Hernández-Hernández, R. Jáuregui, and K. Volke-Sepúlveda, “Experimental generation and analysis of first-order TE and TM Bessel modes in free space,” Opt. Lett. 31, 1732–1734 (2006) [CrossRef] [PubMed] .

], a solution can be found using spatial light modulators (SLMs) which can be considered as reconfigurable phase retarder devices controlled by computer [6

J.A. Davis, D.E. McNamara, D.M. Cottrell, and T. Sonehara, “Two-dimensional polarization encoding with a phase-only liquid-crystal spatial light modulator,” Appl. Opt. 39, 1549–1554 (2000) [CrossRef] .

–16

F. Kenny, D. Lara, O.G. Rodríguez-Herrera, and C. Dainty, “Complete polarization and phase control for focus-shaping in high-NA microscopy,” Opt. Express 20, 14015–14029 (2012) [CrossRef] [PubMed] .

In this paper we present a method for generating beams with arbitrary polarization and shape distributions (BAPS) at a given plane. Our approach is based on a Mach-Zehnder setup combined with a translucent SLM in each path of the interferometer [17

R. Tudela, E. Martin-Badosa, I. Labastida, S. Vallmitjana, and A. Carnicer, “Wavefront reconstruction by adding modulation capabilities of two liquid crystal devices,” Opt. Eng. 43, 2650–2657 (2004) [CrossRef] .

]. The transverse components of the incident light beam are processed independently and modified by means of specifically designed holograms calculated using a procedure derived from Arrizón’s method to encode complex signals [18

V. Arrizón, “Complex modulation with a twisted-nematic liquid-crystal spatial light modulator: double-pixel approach,” Opt. Lett. 28, 1359–1361 (2003) [CrossRef] [PubMed] .

, 19

V. Arrizón, L. González, R. Ponce, and A. Serrano-Heredia, “Computer-generated holograms with optimum bandwidths obtained with twisted-nematic liquid-crystal displays,” Appl. Opt. 44, 1625–1634 (2005) [CrossRef] [PubMed] .

]. The processed transverse components are recombined and imaged on a CCD camera. Our approach allows us to encode any polarization state at each point of the wavefront and the amplitude may also be modeled so as to obtain a particular shape in a given plane.

The paper is organized as follows: in section 2 we present the optical setup required to generate BAPS, while the algorithm for calculating complex-valued holograms is reviewed in section 3. Several examples of experimentally generated BAPS that illustrate how this method is used in practice are found in section 4. Finally, the conclusions are summarized in section 5.

2. Optical setup

Figure 1 shows the experimental setup based on a Mach-Zehnder interferometer. An unpolarized HeNe laser beam passes trough linear polarizer P₁ set at 45° with respect to the x direction; this field (E_in) is described by E_in = E_in₂(x, y) e₁ + E_in₁(x, y) e₂, where e₁ and e₂ are unit vectors in the x and y directions. Later, E_in is split into two beams by means of a polarizing beam splitter, PBS₁. Reflected by mirror M₁ or M₂, the split beams pass through different wave plates which rotate the oscillating plane and set the modulator in order to achieve the desired modulation curve. Afterwards, the light passes through modulator SLM₁ or SLM₂ which display complex transmittances h₁(x, y) and h₂(x, y), respectively. Each of the displays used is a translucent twisted nematic Holoeye HEO 0017 with a resolution of 1024 × 768 pixels and 32 μm of pixel pitch. Then, the light is recombined by means of the second polarizing beam splitter PBS₂ and fed into the on-axis reconstruction system consisting of a 4f-Fourier lens system. Note that a spatial filter in the back focal plane of L₁ is needed to remove higher-order diffracted terms generated by the holograms h₁(x, y) and h₂(x, y). Finally, the resulting field is analyzed by means of P₂ and the final irradiance is recorded by the CCD camera. The output field (E_out (x, y)) at the camera plane is

\begin{array}{l} E_{out} (x, y) & = & E_{in 1} (x, y) h_{1} (x, y) e_{1} + E_{in 2} (x, y) h_{2} (x, y) e_{2} = \\ = & A_{1} (x, y) exp (i ϕ_{1} (x, y)) e_{1} + A_{2} (x, y) exp (i ϕ_{2} (x, y)) e_{2} . \end{array}

(1)

Where A₁(x, y) and A₂(x, y) are the amplitude distributions of E_out (x, y) in the x and y directions respectively and ϕ₁(x, y) and ϕ₂(x, y) are the corresponding accumulated phase shifts. The total phase delay between components x and y of E_out (x, y) is ϕ(x, y) = ϕ₂(x, y) − ϕ₁(x, y). For convenience, we write A₁(x, y) = A_sh(x, y)a₁(x, y) and A₂(x, y) = A_sh(x, y)a₂(x, y) with

a_{1}^{2} (x, y) + a_{2}^{2} (x, y) = 1

, where A_sh(x, y) is the beam shape distribution. In this way, the oscillation orientation distribution at each point (x, y) of the wavefront is θ(x, y) = tan⁻¹(a₂(x, y)/a₁(x, y)). For simplicity, the magnification introduced by the imaging 4f system is not taken into account.

Fig. 1: Sketch of the experimental setup.

3. Codification procedure

Arrizón developed a cell-based holographic algorithm for encoding complex optical signals in SLMs with arbitrary amplitude and phase distributions [19

]. Here, we briefly summarize the steps required to generate holograms able to shape the amplitude and the phase of the wavefront. Figure 2(a) is a polar diagram of the set of complex values accessible by modulators SLM₁ (blue dots) and SLM₂ (red dots). Both curves have been determined using the method presented in [20

E. Martín-Badosa, A. Carnicer, I. Juvells, and S. Vallmitjana, “Complex modulation characterization of liquid crystal devices by interferometric data correlation,” Meas. Sci. Technol. 8, 764–772 (1997) [CrossRef] .

], which is appropriate for transmissive twisted-nematic modulators. The wave plates are oriented as follows: SLM₁, λ/2 at 70° and λ/4 at 145°; SLM₂, λ/2 at 150° and λ/4 at 35° (these angles are from the fast axis of the waveplate). From Fig. 2(a) it is apparent that: (i) the amplitude modulation is not constant and no phase-only modulation would be possible using this device; (ii) the phase values are limited to the range [0°, 240°]; and (iii) the displays perform in similar but not identical ways. Note that the phase origin of SLM₂ is shifted by fine tuning the optical path of the corresponding arm of the interferometer. The holographic algorithm takes advantage of the amplitude-phase coupling of these displays to achieve full-complex modulation with two SLMs. Let C_nm be the complex value to be coded at position (n, m). If C_nm does not belong to the modulation curve M, it can be written as

C_{n m} = M_{n m}^{(1)} - E_{n m}^{(1)}

and

C_{n m} = M_{n m}^{(2)} - E_{n m}^{(2)}

where

M_{n m}^{(1)}

and

M_{n m}^{(2)}

are points on M (see Fig. 2(a) for details). Selecting

M_{n m}^{(1)}

and

M_{n m}^{(2)}

in such a way that

E_{n m}^{(1)} = - E_{n m}^{(2)}

then

C_{n m} = (M_{n m}^{(1)} + M_{n m}^{(2)}) / 2

. Following the cell-oriented holograms approach, four pixels in the SLM are required to encode each complex value, C_nm, as depicted in Fig. 2(b). Using this pixel arrangement, the optical Fourier transforms of

M_{n m}^{(1)}

and

M_{n m}^{(2)}

are reconstructed on-axis whereas the undesired terms

E_{n m}^{(1)}

and

E_{n m}^{(2)}

are diffracted off-axis; to remove their contribution, a spatial filter is placed at the back focal plane of lens L₁. Finally, the desired distribution is reconstructed on-axis at the back focal plane of lens L₂ (CCD plane).

Fig. 2: (a) Modulation response M for the Holoeye displays SLM₁ and SLM₂. The Fig. also shows how C_nm can be accessed as a combination of

M_{n m}^{(1)}

M_{n m}^{(2)}

E_{n m}^{(1)}

and

E_{n m}^{(2)}

. (b) Double pixel hologram approach: four pixels of the SLM that have values

M_{n m}^{(1)}

and

M_{n m}^{(2)}

are required to encode each complex value, C_nm.

Figure 3 shows all the possible values for C_nm that can be obtained as a combination of two points

M_{n m}^{(1)}

and

M_{n m}^{(2)}

that belong to the modulation curves. Blue and red dots indicate the points of the complex plane that can be accessed by SLM₁ or SLM₂, respectively. Consequently, if the phase origin of SLM₂ is shifted 60° with respect to the other display, the system can access any amplitude value and phase difference ϕ(x, y) between the two components within the circle of transmittance T = 0.4. Although the relative phase delay, ϕ(x, y), can be achieved from many pairs ϕ₁(x, y) and ϕ₂(x, y), it is necessary to emphasize that this pair of phase distributions has to be smooth and without phase jumps across the beam.

Fig. 3: Accessible values using the codification procedure (SLM₁ in blue, SLM₂ in red). The black dashed line delimits the useful values.

4. Results

Four different beams with arbitrary polarization and shape distributions have been considered. The first case (Fig. 4(a)) is a radially polarized beam. In the second, (Fig. 4(b)), the oscillation orientation changes according to the law θ(x, y) = 4tan⁻¹(y/x). In these two cases, the shape A_sh(x, y) remains constant. However, the illumination is not uniform due to the expanded Gaussian incident beam. The third case, (Fig. 4(c)), is a Laguerre-Gauss 10 mode (Eq. 2a), where the inner part of the beam is radially polarized and the external ring is azimuthally polarized. The last case considered, (Fig. 4(d)), is a doughnut-shaped beam following Eq. 2b; in this case the oscillation orientation and the phase delay are θ(x, y) = tan⁻¹(y/x) and ϕ(x, y) = ±2tan⁻¹(y/x) respectively. The + sign stands for right-handed polarization states whereas the − sign is used for left-handed cases.

A_{s h} (x, y) \propto exp (- \frac{x^{2} + y^{2}}{w_{0}^{2}}) L_{1}^{0} (- \frac{x^{2} + y^{2}}{w_{0}^{2}})

(2a)

A_{s h} (x, y) \propto {(x^{2} + y^{2})}^{1 / 2} exp (- \frac{x^{2} + y^{2}}{w_{0}^{2}})

(2b)

Note that w₀ is the beam waist radius and

L_{1}^{0}

is the first generalized Laguerre polynomial. For the Laguerre-Gauss 10 and the doughnut-like cases, the effect of the input beam has been compensated for in the respective holograms. Four pairs of holograms have been calculated to generate the beams described above. The corresponding experimental light distributions obtained at the CCD plane are presented in Fig. 5. The first row shows the light distributions without analyzer P₂. Rows 2 to 5 display the results obtained for each beam when the analyzer P₂ is set at 0°, 45°, 90° and 135°, respectively.

Fig. 4: (a) Gaussian beam with radial polarization, (b) Gaussian beam with ‘star-like’ polarization, (c)

L_{1}^{0}

Laguerre-Gauss beam displaying different polarizations in the external ring and in the inner disc and (d) doughnut-shaped beam with ϕ(x, y) = ±2tan⁻¹(y/x).

Fig. 5: Experimental intensity patterns for different positions of the analyzer P₂. All the experimental images were recorded using an 8-bit CCD and displayed in false color using the hot colormap to help assess the imperfections of the experimental beam.

The intensity patterns obtained clearly demonstrate that the synthesized beams behave as expected. Nevertheless, implementation requires us to deal with some non-critical drawbacks: (i) precise alignment of the different optical components is required, especially a good match between the corresponding pixels of the SLMs; (ii) the selected method requires the use of four-pixel cells to code each complex value, which means that the points available to define the wavefront are reduced by a factor of four; and (iii) some light is lost due to the modulation used (with a maximum transmittance T = 0.4, see Fig. 2).

To provide more insight about the method, an experimental measure of the Stokes parameters (S₀, S₁, S₂, S₃) (SP) has been carried out [21

M. Born and E. Wolf, Principles of Optics: Electromagnetic Theory of Propagation, Interference and Diffraction of Light (Cambridge University Press, 1999).

]. The beam used to perform this measure is a non-circular radially polarized Gaussian beam as shown in Fig. 6(a). In practice, these parameters are easily obtained according to the following relations

S_{0} = I (0 °, 0) + I (90 °, 0)

(3a)

S_{1} = I (0 °, 0) - I (90 °, 0)

(3b)

S_{2} = I (45 °, 0) - I (135 °, 0)

(3c)

S_{3} = I (45 °, π / 2) - I (135 °, π / 2),

(3d)

where I(α, β) stands for the recorded intensity when the analyzer P2 is set at an angle α with respect to the x direction; β is the retardation between the x and y directions. Related to the SP, the degree of polarization P (DP) is

P = \frac{\sqrt{S_{1}^{2} + S_{2}^{2} + S_{3}^{2}}}{S_{0}} .

(4)

Figures 6(b) to 6(f) show the obtained normalized parameters and the DP. These five images are presented in false color using the jet colormap. S₀ (Fig. 6(b)) represents the total intensity. S₁ (Fig. 6(c)) displays red and blue pixels in those areas where the dominant polarization is in the x or y directions respectively. Note that the polarization direction changes smoothly, according to a radially polarized pattern. A similar interpretation is possible for S₂ (Fig. 6(d)) but for α = 45° and α = 135°. S₃ (Fig. 6(e)), that compares the amount of right and left handed circular polarization of the field, is almost zero everywhere. Finally, the DP is shown in Fig. 6(f): notice that P = 1 for the points of the beam and is nearly zero outside.

Fig. 6: Experimentally measured Stoke parameters: (a) Radially polarized elliptically-shaped Gaussian beam, (b) S₀, (c) S₁, (d) S₂, (e) S₄, (f) P.

5. Conclusions

Here we present a method for generating light beams with controlled polarization and shape using a Mach-Zehnder setup. The transverse components of the beam are manipulated independently through the use of transmissive liquid crystal displays in each arm of the interferometer. Since the devices used are not able to modulate the phase from 0 to 2π and present amplitude-phase coupling, a cell-oriented computer generated hologram algorithm has to be used to encode the information; in this way, full complex modulation can be achieved. Different beams with arbitrary polarization and shape distributions have successfully been obtained experimentally thereby demonstrating the feasibility of the proposed technique.

Acknowledgment

This work was funded in part by the Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, project FIS2010-17543.

References

1.	Q. Zhan, “Cylindrical vector beams: from mathematical concepts to applications,” Adv. Opt. Photonics 1, 1–57 (2009) [CrossRef] .
2.	S.C. Tidwell, G.H. Kim, and W.D. Kimura, “Efficient radially polarized laser beam generation with a double interferometer,” Appl. Opt. 32, 5222–5229 (1993) [CrossRef] [PubMed] .
3.	M.A.A. Neil, F. Massoumian, R. Juškaitis, and T. Wilson, “Method for the generation of arbitrary complex vector wave fronts,” Opt. Lett. 27, 1929–1931 (2002) [CrossRef] .
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5.	A. Flores-Pérez, J. Hernández-Hernández, R. Jáuregui, and K. Volke-Sepúlveda, “Experimental generation and analysis of first-order TE and TM Bessel modes in free space,” Opt. Lett. 31, 1732–1734 (2006) [CrossRef] [PubMed] .
6.	J.A. Davis, D.E. McNamara, D.M. Cottrell, and T. Sonehara, “Two-dimensional polarization encoding with a phase-only liquid-crystal spatial light modulator,” Appl. Opt. 39, 1549–1554 (2000) [CrossRef] .
7.	R.L. Eriksen, P.C. Mogensen, and J. Glückstad, “Elliptical polarisation encoding in two dimensions using phase-only spatial light modulators,” Opt. Commun. 187, 325–336 (2001) [CrossRef] .
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9.	X.L. Wang, J. Ding, W.J. Ni, C.S. Guo, and H.T. Wang, “Generation of arbitrary vector beams with a spatial light modulator and a common path interferometric arrangement,” Opt. Lett. 32, 3549–3551 (2007) [CrossRef] [PubMed] .
10.	H. Chen, Z. Zheng, B.F. Zhang, J. Ding, and H.T. Wang, “Polarization structuring of focused field through polarization-only modulation of incident beam,” Opt. Lett. 35, 2825–2827 (2010) [CrossRef] [PubMed] .
11.	H.T. Wang, X.L. Wang, Y. Li, J. Chen, C.S. Guo, and J. Ding, “A new type of vector fields with hybrid states of polarization,” Opt. Express 18, 10786–10795 (2010) [CrossRef] [PubMed] .
12.	H. Chen, J. Hao, B.F. Zhang, J. Xu, J. Ding, and H.T. Wang, “Generation of vector beam with space-variant distribution of both polarization and phase,” Opt. Lett. 36, 3179–3181 (2011) [CrossRef] [PubMed] .
13.	I. Moreno, C. Iemmi, J. Campos, and M.J. Yzuel, “Jones matrix treatment for optical fourier processors with structured polarization,” Opt. Lett. 19, 4583–4594 (2011).
14.	S. Tripathi and K.C. Toussaint, “Versatile generation of optical vector fields and vector beams using a non-interferometric approach,” Opt. Lett. 20, 10788–10795 (2012).
15.	S. Liu, P. Li, T. Peng, and J. Zhao, “Generation of arbitrary spatially variant polarization beams with a trapezoid sagnac interferometer,” Opt. Express 20, 21715–21721 (2012) [CrossRef] [PubMed] .
16.	F. Kenny, D. Lara, O.G. Rodríguez-Herrera, and C. Dainty, “Complete polarization and phase control for focus-shaping in high-NA microscopy,” Opt. Express 20, 14015–14029 (2012) [CrossRef] [PubMed] .
17.	R. Tudela, E. Martin-Badosa, I. Labastida, S. Vallmitjana, and A. Carnicer, “Wavefront reconstruction by adding modulation capabilities of two liquid crystal devices,” Opt. Eng. 43, 2650–2657 (2004) [CrossRef] .
18.	V. Arrizón, “Complex modulation with a twisted-nematic liquid-crystal spatial light modulator: double-pixel approach,” Opt. Lett. 28, 1359–1361 (2003) [CrossRef] [PubMed] .
19.	V. Arrizón, L. González, R. Ponce, and A. Serrano-Heredia, “Computer-generated holograms with optimum bandwidths obtained with twisted-nematic liquid-crystal displays,” Appl. Opt. 44, 1625–1634 (2005) [CrossRef] [PubMed] .
20.	E. Martín-Badosa, A. Carnicer, I. Juvells, and S. Vallmitjana, “Complex modulation characterization of liquid crystal devices by interferometric data correlation,” Meas. Sci. Technol. 8, 764–772 (1997) [CrossRef] .
21.	M. Born and E. Wolf, Principles of Optics: Electromagnetic Theory of Propagation, Interference and Diffraction of Light (Cambridge University Press, 1999).

OCIS Codes
(090.1760) Holography : Computer holography
(260.5430) Physical optics : Polarization
(070.6120) Fourier optics and signal processing : Spatial light modulators

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History
Original Manuscript: January 17, 2013
Revised Manuscript: February 15, 2013
Manuscript Accepted: February 15, 2013
Published: February 26, 2013

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David Maluenda, Ignasi Juvells, Rosario Martínez-Herrero, and Artur Carnicer, "Reconfigurable beams with arbitrary polarization and shape distributions at a given plane," Opt. Express 21, 5432-5439 (2013)
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References

Q. Zhan, “Cylindrical vector beams: from mathematical concepts to applications,” Adv. Opt. Photonics1, 1–57 (2009). [CrossRef]
S.C. Tidwell, G.H. Kim, and W.D. Kimura, “Efficient radially polarized laser beam generation with a double interferometer,” Appl. Opt.32, 5222–5229 (1993). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
M.A.A. Neil, F. Massoumian, R. Juškaitis, and T. Wilson, “Method for the generation of arbitrary complex vector wave fronts,” Opt. Lett.27, 1929–1931 (2002). [CrossRef]
K.C. Toussaint, S.P. Park, J.E. Jureller, and N.F. Scherer, “Generation of optical vector beams with a diffractive optical element interferometer,” Opt. Lett.30, 2846–2848 (2005). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
A. Flores-Pérez, J. Hernández-Hernández, R. Jáuregui, and K. Volke-Sepúlveda, “Experimental generation and analysis of first-order TE and TM Bessel modes in free space,” Opt. Lett.31, 1732–1734 (2006). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
J.A. Davis, D.E. McNamara, D.M. Cottrell, and T. Sonehara, “Two-dimensional polarization encoding with a phase-only liquid-crystal spatial light modulator,” Appl. Opt.39, 1549–1554 (2000). [CrossRef]
R.L. Eriksen, P.C. Mogensen, and J. Glückstad, “Elliptical polarisation encoding in two dimensions using phase-only spatial light modulators,” Opt. Commun.187, 325–336 (2001). [CrossRef]
C. Maurer, A. Jesacher, S. Fürhapter, S. Bernet, and M. Ritsch-Marte, “Tailoring of arbitrary optical vector beams,” New J. Phys.9, 78 (2007). [CrossRef]
X.L. Wang, J. Ding, W.J. Ni, C.S. Guo, and H.T. Wang, “Generation of arbitrary vector beams with a spatial light modulator and a common path interferometric arrangement,” Opt. Lett.32, 3549–3551 (2007). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
H. Chen, Z. Zheng, B.F. Zhang, J. Ding, and H.T. Wang, “Polarization structuring of focused field through polarization-only modulation of incident beam,” Opt. Lett.35, 2825–2827 (2010). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
H.T. Wang, X.L. Wang, Y. Li, J. Chen, C.S. Guo, and J. Ding, “A new type of vector fields with hybrid states of polarization,” Opt. Express18, 10786–10795 (2010). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
H. Chen, J. Hao, B.F. Zhang, J. Xu, J. Ding, and H.T. Wang, “Generation of vector beam with space-variant distribution of both polarization and phase,” Opt. Lett.36, 3179–3181 (2011). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
I. Moreno, C. Iemmi, J. Campos, and M.J. Yzuel, “Jones matrix treatment for optical fourier processors with structured polarization,” Opt. Lett.19, 4583–4594 (2011).
S. Tripathi and K.C. Toussaint, “Versatile generation of optical vector fields and vector beams using a non-interferometric approach,” Opt. Lett.20, 10788–10795 (2012).
S. Liu, P. Li, T. Peng, and J. Zhao, “Generation of arbitrary spatially variant polarization beams with a trapezoid sagnac interferometer,” Opt. Express20, 21715–21721 (2012). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
F. Kenny, D. Lara, O.G. Rodríguez-Herrera, and C. Dainty, “Complete polarization and phase control for focus-shaping in high-NA microscopy,” Opt. Express20, 14015–14029 (2012). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
R. Tudela, E. Martin-Badosa, I. Labastida, S. Vallmitjana, and A. Carnicer, “Wavefront reconstruction by adding modulation capabilities of two liquid crystal devices,” Opt. Eng.43, 2650–2657 (2004). [CrossRef]
V. Arrizón, “Complex modulation with a twisted-nematic liquid-crystal spatial light modulator: double-pixel approach,” Opt. Lett.28, 1359–1361 (2003). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
V. Arrizón, L. González, R. Ponce, and A. Serrano-Heredia, “Computer-generated holograms with optimum bandwidths obtained with twisted-nematic liquid-crystal displays,” Appl. Opt.44, 1625–1634 (2005). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
E. Martín-Badosa, A. Carnicer, I. Juvells, and S. Vallmitjana, “Complex modulation characterization of liquid crystal devices by interferometric data correlation,” Meas. Sci. Technol.8, 764–772 (1997). [CrossRef]
M. Born and E. Wolf, Principles of Optics: Electromagnetic Theory of Propagation, Interference and Diffraction of Light (Cambridge University Press, 1999).

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