Janus vortex beams realized via liquid crystal Pancharatnam–Berry phase elements

Bing-Yan Wei; Yuan Zhang; Haozhe Xiong; Sheng Liu; Peng Li; Dandan Wen; Jianlin Zhao

doi:10.1117/1.APN.1.2.026003

Advanced Photonics Nexus, Volume. 1, Issue 2, 026003(2022)

Janus vortex beams realized via liquid crystal Pancharatnam–Berry phase elements

Bing-Yan Wei^1,2、†,*, Yuan Zhang³, Haozhe Xiong^1,2, Sheng Liu^1,2、*, Peng Li^1,2, Dandan Wen^1,2, and Jianlin Zhao^1,2、*

Author Affiliations

¹Northwestern Polytechnical University, School of Physical Science and Technology, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Optical Information Technology, Xi’an, China

²Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Key Laboratory of Light Field Manipulation and Information Acquisition, Xi’an, China

³Chinese Flight Test Establishment, Xi’an, China

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Paper Information

Category: Research Articles

Received: Aug. 7, 2022

Accepted: Sep. 15, 2022

Published Online: Oct. 17, 2022

The Author Email: Bing-Yan Wei (wbyxz@nwpu.edu.cn), Sheng Liu (shengliu@nwpu.edu.cn), Jianlin Zhao (jlzhao@nwpu.edu.cn)

DOI:10.1117/1.APN.1.2.026003

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