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Photonics Research, Volume. 8, Issue 8, 1278(2020)

Geometric-phase-induced arbitrary polarization and orbital angular momentum generation in helically twisted birefringent photonic crystal fiber

Takeshi Fujisawa^* and Kunimasa Saitoh

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Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Hokkaido University, Japan

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Paper Information

Category: Physical Optics

Received: Mar. 19, 2020

Accepted: Jun. 1, 2020

Published Online: Jul. 14, 2020

The Author Email: Takeshi Fujisawa (fujisawa@ist.hokudai.ac.jp)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.393255

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