Title :
Polarization transformations by engineering space-variant inhomogeneous media on subwavelength scale
Author :
Levy, Uriel ; Tsai, Chia-Ho ; Pang, Lin ; Fainman, Yeshaiahu
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., California Univ., La Jolla, CA, USA
Abstract :
Radially and azimuthally polarized beams are highly desired for many applications. We proposed to engineer such beams using space-variant inhomogeneous media (SVIM) on subwavelength scale. We conducted optical experiment providing such polarization states with high purity.
Keywords :
birefringence; inhomogeneous media; laser beams; light polarisation; optical retarders; optical rotation; polarization transformations; space-variant inhomogeneous media;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
