Photonics Research, Volume. 9, Issue 6, 1048(2021)

Arbitrary cylindrical vector beam generation enabled by polarization-selective Gouy phase shifter

Junliang Jia1,2,3, Kepeng Zhang1,3, Guangwei Hu2, Maping Hu1,3, Tong Tong1, Quanquan Mu4, Hong Gao3, Fuli Li3, Cheng-Wei Qiu2,5、*, and Pei Zhang1,3,6、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1MOE Key Laboratory for Nonequilibrium Synthesis and Modulation of Condensed Matter, School of Physics, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China
  • 2Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
  • 3Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Quantum Information and Quantum Optoelectronic Devices, School of Physics, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China
  • 4State Key Laboratory of Applied Optics, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics, and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130033, China
  • 5e-mail: chengwei.qiu@nus.edu.sg
  • 6e-mail: zhangpei@mail.ustc.edu.cn
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    Junliang Jia, Kepeng Zhang, Guangwei Hu, Maping Hu, Tong Tong, Quanquan Mu, Hong Gao, Fuli Li, Cheng-Wei Qiu, Pei Zhang. Arbitrary cylindrical vector beam generation enabled by polarization-selective Gouy phase shifter[J]. Photonics Research, 2021, 9(6): 1048

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    Category: Lasers and Laser Optics

    Received: Jan. 12, 2021

    Accepted: Mar. 29, 2021

    Published Online: May. 27, 2021

    The Author Email: Cheng-Wei Qiu (chengwei.qiu@nus.edu.sg), Pei Zhang (zhangpei@mail.ustc.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.1364/PRJ.419368

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