Creating vortex retarders using photoaligned liquid crystal polymers
Optics Letters, Vol. 33, Issue 2, pp. 134-136 (2008)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.33.000134
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Abstract
We present developments using photoaligned liquid crystal polymers for creating vortex retarders, half-wave retarders with a continuously variable fast axis. Polarization properties of components designed to create different polarization vortex modes are presented. We assess the viability of these components by using the theoretical and experimental point spread functions in Mueller matrix format, or a point spread matrix (PSM). The measured PSM of these components in an optical system is very close to the theoretically predicted values, thus showing that these components should provide excellent performance in applications utilizing polarized optical vortices.
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OCIS Codes
(230.0230) Optical devices : Optical devices
(230.3720) Optical devices : Liquid-crystal devices
(230.5440) Optical devices : Polarization-selective devices
ToC Category:
Optical Devices
History
Original Manuscript: October 22, 2007
Revised Manuscript: December 5, 2007
Manuscript Accepted: December 5, 2007
Published: January 9, 2008
Citation
Scott C. McEldowney, David M. Shemo, Russell A. Chipman, and Paula K. Smith, "Creating vortex retarders using photoaligned liquid crystal polymers," Opt. Lett. 33, 134-136 (2008)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ol/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-33-2-134
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