Polarization oscillating beams constructed by copropagating optical frozen waves

Peng Li; Dongjing Wu; Yi Zhang; Sheng Liu; Yu Li; Shuxia Qi; Jianlin Zhao

doi:10.1364/PRJ.6.000756

Photonics Research, Volume. 6, Issue 7, 756(2018)

Polarization oscillating beams constructed by copropagating optical frozen waves

Peng Li^1,3、*, Dongjing Wu¹, Yi Zhang¹, Sheng Liu¹, Yu Li^1,2, Shuxia Qi¹, and Jianlin Zhao^1,4、*

¹MOE Key Laboratory of Material Physics and Chemistry under Extraordinary Conditions, and Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Optical Information Technology, School of Science, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710129, China

²Department of Public Education, Northwestern Polytechnical University Ming De College, Xi’an 710124, China

³e-mail: pengli@nwpu.edu.cn

⁴e-mail: jlzhao@nwpu.edu.cn

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Paper Information

Category: Physical Optics

Received: Mar. 21, 2018

Accepted: May. 24, 2018

Published Online: Jul. 4, 2018

The Author Email: Peng Li (pengli@nwpu.edu.cn), Jianlin Zhao (jlzhao@nwpu.edu.cn)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.6.000756

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