Abstract

We demonstrate in situ characterization of a spatially varying polarization state of an optical field at the focus of a scanning third-harmonic generation (THG) optical microscope. Polarization projections are measured by forming THG images of a polystyrene microsphere scanned through the focused beam and combined in a noniterative phase-retrieval algorithm. Controlled spatially varying polarization states are introduced by imaging spatially inhomogeneous polarization distributions constructed with reflective spatial light modulator to the focal plane of a microscope objective.

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History
Original Manuscript: November 5, 2008
Manuscript Accepted: January 20, 2009
Published: March 30, 2009

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Omid Masihzadeh, Philip Schlup, Randy A. Bartels

Colorado State University

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