Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 42, Issue 13, 1326001(2022)
High-Order Cylindrical Vector Beam Generation and Its Polarization Detection Based on Cascade Vortex Half-Wave Plates
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Rusheng Sun, Tong Liu, Chen Wang, Ruijian Li, Yuan Ren. High-Order Cylindrical Vector Beam Generation and Its Polarization Detection Based on Cascade Vortex Half-Wave Plates[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2022, 42(13): 1326001
Category: Physical Optics
Received: Nov. 29, 2021
Accepted: Jan. 13, 2022
Published Online: Jul. 15, 2022
The Author Email: Liu Tong (liutong719@163.com)