Title :
Generation of arbitrary vector beams with a spatial light modulator
Author :
Mengnan Zhao ; Xiangsheng Xie
Author_Institution :
State Key Lab. of Optoelectric Mater. & Technol., Sun Yat-Sen Univ., Guangzhou, China
Abstract :
We report a convenient scheme for generating arbitrary polarized light with a spatial light modulator (SLM). The wavefront reconstruction of the output beam is achieved by controlling the polarization rotation and phase retardation of every pixel in the beam cross section. The Jones Matrix of the system is calculated. The potential application of this setup is discussed.
Keywords :
matrix algebra; spatial light modulators; Jones matrix; arbitrary polarized light generation; arbitrary vector beam generation; beam cross section; phase retardation; polarization rotation; spatial light modulator; wavefront reconstruction;
Conference_Titel :
Electronic Materials and Packaging (EMAP), 2012 14th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Lantau Island
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-4945-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4673-4943-7
DOI :
10.1109/EMAP.2012.6507841
