• Chinese Journal of Lasers
  • Vol. 45, Issue 7, 0705001 (2018)
Rui Jiang1、*, Yanliang He1, Xiaoke Zhang1, Yao Cai1, Junmin Liu1, Shuqing Chen1、2, Ying Li1, and Dianyuan Fan1
Author Affiliations
  • 1 College of Optoelectronic Engineering, International Collaborative Laboratory of 2D Materials for Optoelectronics Science and Technology, and Centre of 2D Materials Information Devices and Systems of Information Technology of Guangdong Province, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518060, China
  • 2 Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117576, Singapore
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    DOI: 10.3788/CJL201845.0705001 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Rui Jiang, Yanliang He, Xiaoke Zhang, Yao Cai, Junmin Liu, Shuqing Chen, Ying Li, Dianyuan Fan. Polarization Order Adjustment of Cylindrical Vector Beams by Using Two-Dimensional Dielectric Metasurfaces[J]. Chinese Journal of Lasers, 2018, 45(7): 0705001 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Metasurfaces have been widely used to generate cylindrical vector beams (CVB) owing to its inherent advantages of high efficiency and compact structure. However, a disadvantage of this method is that the polarization order of the generated CVB is hard to be changed, because the structure of metasurface is fixed. To solve this problem, we experimentally demonstrate a simple and efficient method to manipulate the polarization order of CVB through modes addition and subtraction operation at the working wavelength of 1550 nm. By two cascaded metasurfaces, the subtraction operation of polarization orders is realized. Further, a half wave-plate inserted between two metasurfaces is used to reverse polarization orders, in order that the add computation of polarization orders is realized. Experimental results are in good agreement with the calculation results through Jones matrix, and the polarization order of CVB can be adjusted from -8 to 8 with step length of 2 by modes addition and subtraction.
    Rui Jiang, Yanliang He, Xiaoke Zhang, Yao Cai, Junmin Liu, Shuqing Chen, Ying Li, Dianyuan Fan. Polarization Order Adjustment of Cylindrical Vector Beams by Using Two-Dimensional Dielectric Metasurfaces[J]. Chinese Journal of Lasers, 2018, 45(7): 0705001
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