Highly efficient generation of arbitrary vector beams with tunable polarization, phase, and amplitude

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

doi:10.1364/PRJ.6.000228

Photonics Research, Volume. 6, Issue 4, 228(2018)

Highly efficient generation of arbitrary vector beams with tunable polarization, phase, and amplitude

Sheng Liu^1、†, Shuxia Qi^1、†, Yi Zhang, Peng Li, Dongjing Wu, Lei Han, and Jianlin Zhao^*

MOE 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

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Paper Information

Category: Polarization

Received: Nov. 14, 2017

Accepted: Jan. 23, 2018

Published Online: Aug. 1, 2018

The Author Email: Jianlin Zhao (jlzhao@nwpu.edu.cn)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.6.000228

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