Nonlinear generation of vector beams by using a compact nonlinear fork grating

Qian Yang; Yangfeifei Yang; Hao Li; Haigang Liu; Xianfeng Chen

doi:10.1364/PRJ.515731

Photonics Research, Volume. 12, Issue 5, 1036(2024)

Nonlinear generation of vector beams by using a compact nonlinear fork grating

Qian Yang^1、†, Yangfeifei Yang^1、†, Hao Li¹, Haigang Liu^1,3、*, and Xianfeng Chen^1,2,4、*

¹State Key Laboratory of Advanced Optical Communication Systems and Networks, School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China

²Shanghai Research Center for Quantum Sciences, Shanghai 201315, China

³e-mail: liuhaigang@sjtu.edu.cn

⁴e-mail: xfchen@sjtu.edu.cn

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Paper Information

Category: Nonlinear Optics

Received: Dec. 12, 2023

Accepted: Mar. 14, 2024

Published Online: May. 6, 2024

The Author Email: Haigang Liu (liuhaigang@sjtu.edu.cn), Xianfeng Chen (xfchen@sjtu.edu.cn)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.515731

CSTR:32188.14.PRJ.515731

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