Photonics Research, Volume. 11, Issue 9, 1553(2023)
Linear and nonlinear photonic spin Hall effect induced by analog circular birefringence of Bessel-like beams
Fig. 1. Schematic of the realization of analog off-axis circular birefringence of the Bessel beam.
Fig. 2. (a) Experimental setup. Laser, He–Ne laser of wavelength 632.8 nm; P, polarizer; BE, beam expander; SLM, spatial light modulator; BS, beam splitter; L, lens; QWP, quarter-wave plate. (b) Photograph and micrograph of the CWP.
Fig. 3. Photonic spin Hall effect (PSHE) of tilting Bessel beam passing through a CWP. (a) Theoretical result of the spin separation at different oblique angle; (b)–(d) postselection results of weak measurement; (e) comparison of the experimental results along the vertical dot lines in (b)–(d).
Fig. 4. Enhancement of PSHE by introducing a parabolic Bessel-like beam. (a)–(h) Intensity distributions of the light field at different distances, with the normalized Stokes parameter
Fig. 5. Control of PSHE by Bessel-like beam with spliced trajectory. (a)–(h) Intensity distributions with
Fig. 7. Parabolic Bessel-like beam. (a) Amplitude distribution of input Bessel beam; (b) phase gradient attached to the input beam; (c) side view of the simulated propagation process, with the pre-designed trajectory marked by the blue dashed line.
Fig. 8. Bessel-like beam with a spliced trajectory. The input amplitude is the same as Fig.
Fig. 9. Simulation results of transforming the PSHE to the axial CB. (a) Side view of the simulated propagation process; (b)–(e) intensities of the beam passing through two orthogonal analyzers during stable axial CB (after 20 cm), where the double-arrows denote the orientations of analyzers.
Fig. 11. Simulation results of the PSHE of parabolic first-order Bessel-like beam. (a)–(d) Intensity distributions of the beam at different distance; (e) offsets of the different spin states versus propagation distance.
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Yanke Li, Yu Zou, Sheng Liu, Peng Li, Bingyan Wei, Jianlin Zhao, "Linear and nonlinear photonic spin Hall effect induced by analog circular birefringence of Bessel-like beams," Photonics Res. 11, 1553 (2023)
Category: Physical Optics
Received: Feb. 24, 2023
Accepted: Jul. 9, 2023
Published Online: Aug. 28, 2023
The Author Email: Sheng Liu (shengliu@nwpu.edu.cn), Peng Li (pengli@nwpu.edu.cn), Bingyan Wei (wbyxz@nwpu.edu.cn)