Concise and efficient direct-view generation of arbitrary cylindrical vector beams by a vortex half-wave plate

Junli Qi; Weihua Wang; Bo Shi; Hui Zhang; Yanan Shen; Haifei Deng; Wenjing Pu; Xin Liu; Huihui Shan; Xiaomin Ma; Lianqiang Zhang; Wei Lu; Meicheng Fu; Xiujian Li

doi:10.1364/PRJ.419561

Photonics Research, Volume. 9, Issue 5, 803(2021)

Concise and efficient direct-view generation of arbitrary cylindrical vector beams by a vortex half-wave plate

Junli Qi^1,2,3,4, Weihua Wang^1,2,5,6、*, Bo Shi⁴, Hui Zhang⁴, Yanan Shen⁴, Haifei Deng⁴, Wenjing Pu⁴, Xin Liu⁴, Huihui Shan⁴, Xiaomin Ma⁴, Lianqiang Zhang⁴, Wei Lu⁵, Meicheng Fu³, and Xiujian Li^3,7、*

Author Affiliations

¹Institute of Plasma Physics, Hefei Institutes of Physical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China

²Science Island Branch of Graduate School, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230031, China

³College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China

⁴Institute of Applied Physics, Army Academy of Artillery and Air Defense, Hefei 230031, China

⁵Institute of Physical Science and Information Technology, Anhui University, Hefei 230031, China

⁶e-mail: whwang@ipp.ac.cn

⁷e-mail: xjli@nudt.edu.cn

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Fig. 1. Fast axis distributions of several VHPs with σ=0. (a)–(d) are the distributions with m=1, 2, 3, 4, respectively.

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Fig. 2. Polarization distributions of various one-order CVP beams. (a)–(f) correspond to the polarization distributions of ERP,EAP,Eπ/41,E−π/41,EARP,EAAP.

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Fig. 3. Direct-view experimental setup for the generation and double-slit interference of CV beams. Lenses 1 and 2 constitute a beam expander; HP, half-wave plate; GTP, Gran Taylor prism; QP, quarter-wave plate; VHP, vortex half-wave plate.

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Fig. 4. Intensity distributions of generated first-order CV beams. (a)–(f) ERP,EAP,Eπ/41,E−π/41,EARP,EAAP. Arrow heads represent the transmission direction of the polarizers.

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Fig. 5. Polarization azimuth distributions of generated first-order CV beams. (a)–(f) ERP,EAP,Eπ/41,E−π/41,EARP,EAAP. Arrow heads represent the polarization direction.

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Fig. 6. Stokes parameters and polarization parameters of generated second-order and third-order CV beams. (a), (b) Second-order and third-order RP beams; (c), (d) second-order and third-order AP beams. 1–6: S1, S2, S3, DOP, PA, PE.

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Fig. 7. Intensity and polarization distributions of generated first-order and third-order ARCV and CLCV beams. (a), (b) First-order and third-order ARCV beams; (c), (d) first-order and third-order CLCV beams; I0, intensity; ψ, PA; χ, PE.

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Fig. 8. Experimental results of double-slit interference of first-order to third-order ARCV and CLCV beams. (a)–(c) First-order to third-order ARCV beams; (d)–(f) first-order to third-order CLCV beams; p1−p3, horizontal pixel positions with equal transverse fringes at y=50; p4−p6, corresponding horizontal pixel positions with equal transverse fringes at y=450.

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Fig. 9. Experimental results of double-slit interference of first-order to third-order CV beams. (a)–(c) First-order RP beam; second-order π/4 beam; third-order AP beam.

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Fig. 10. Experimental results of generated A-CVV beams. (a)–(d) Intensities of A-R1V3, A-R3V1, A-A1V3, and A-A3V1 beams; 1, intensity after a 0° polarizer; 2, intensity after a 45° polarizer; 3, PA; 4, PE. Arrow heads indicate the transmission direction of the polarizers.

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Fig. 11. Stokes parameters and polarization parameters of generated C-CVV beams. (a)–(d) C-R1V3, C-R3V1, C-A1V3, and C-A3V1 beams; 0–5: S0, S1, S2, S3, PA, PE.

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Fig. 12. Experimental results of double-slit interference of anti-clockwise and clockwise CVV beams. (a)–(d) A-R1V3 beam, A-A3V1 beam, C-A1V3 beam, and C-R3V1 beam.

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Table 1. Measured Values of Pixel Positions and Topological Charge Number

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Table 1. Measured Values of Pixel Positions and Topological Charge Number

Figure	$p_{1}$	$p_{2}$	$p_{3}$	$p_{4}$	$p_{5}$	$p_{6}$	$N$	$d_{0}$	$d$	$R = d / d_{0}$	$l$
$8 (a)$	217	318	418	233	334	434	10	20.1	16	0.7960	1
$8 (b)$	211	312	411	243	345	444	10	20.05	32.6667	1.6293	2.0467
$8 (c)$	217	297	376	265	345	425	8	19.9375	48.3333	2.4242	3.0454
$8 (d)$	240	340	440	224	325	424	10	20	−15.6667	−0.7833	−1
$8 (e)$	246	346	445	213	314	413	10	19.95	−32.3333	−1.6207	−2.069
$8 (f)$	275	354	433	227	306	386	8	19.8125	−47.6667	−2.4059	−3.0713

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Junli Qi, Weihua Wang, Bo Shi, Hui Zhang, Yanan Shen, Haifei Deng, Wenjing Pu, Xin Liu, Huihui Shan, Xiaomin Ma, Lianqiang Zhang, Wei Lu, Meicheng Fu, Xiujian Li, "Concise and efficient direct-view generation of arbitrary cylindrical vector beams by a vortex half-wave plate," Photonics Res. 9, 803 (2021)

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Paper Information

Category: Physical Optics

Received: Jan. 11, 2021

Accepted: Mar. 3, 2021

Published Online: May. 7, 2021

The Author Email: Weihua Wang (whwang@ipp.ac.cn), Xiujian Li (xjli@nudt.edu.cn)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.419561

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