Demonstration of spatially inhomogeneous vector beams with elliptical symmetry
Optics Letters, Vol. 34, Issue 11, pp. 1669-1671 (2009)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.34.001669
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Abstract
We experimentally demonstrate vector beams having an elliptical symmetry of polarization, breaking the cylindrical symmetry of vector beams (e.g., radially polarized beams). Applications of such beams vary from material processing, lithography, and optical memories to excitation of elliptically shaped nanoparticles and plasmonic structures.
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OCIS Codes
(180.0180) Microscopy : Microscopy
(260.5430) Physical optics : Polarization
(350.5730) Other areas of optics : Resolution
ToC Category:
Physical Optics
History
Original Manuscript: February 12, 2009
Revised Manuscript: April 19, 2009
Manuscript Accepted: April 22, 2009
Published: May 27, 2009
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Citation
Gilad M. Lerman, Yigal Lilach, and Uriel Levy, "Demonstration of spatially inhomogeneous vector beams with elliptical symmetry," Opt. Lett. 34, 1669-1671 (2009)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/vjbo/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-34-11-1669
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