• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 14, Issue 12, 122601 (2016)
Yiyan Xie, Yang Yang, Lu Han, Qingyang Yue, and Chengshan Guo*
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  • College of Physics and Electronics, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/COL201614.122601 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Yiyan Xie, Yang Yang, Lu Han, Qingyang Yue, Chengshan Guo. Generation of arbitrary vector beams based on a single spatial light modulator and a thin-film polarization splitting cubic[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2016, 14(12): 122601 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    A setup for the generation of arbitrary vector beams is proposed. The setup mainly consists of a spatial light modulator (SLM), an angle-adjustable polarization beam splitter modulator, and a spatial filtering imaging system. Compared with the system using a birefringent beam splitter with a non-adjustable splitting angle, the polarization splitting angle of the improved setup can be adjusted by slightly rotating the related mirrors, which will bring more convenience when different wavelengths and different pixel sizes of SLMs are involved. The experimental results also demonstrate that the setup possesses a good polarization-selective imaging ability, which reveals that the setup may also be useful in polarization-selective spatial filtering imaging and polarization-encoded encryption.
    E=(ux(x,y)uy(x,y))=(Ax(x,y)ejφx(x,y)Ay(x,y)ejφy(x,y)),(1)

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    Eout(A0xt(xΔ,y)ejkαxA0yt(x+Δ,y)ejkαx),(2)

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    t(x,y)=a1{a0+Ax(x+Δ,y)cos[φx(x+Δ,y)+kα(x+y)]+Ay(xΔ,y)cos[φy(xΔ,y)kα(xy)]},(3)

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    t(x,y)=a1{a0+ux(x+Δ,y)exp[jkα(x+y)]+ux*(x+Δ,y)exp[jkα(x+y)]+uy(xΔ,y)exp[jkα(xy)]+uy*(xΔ,y)exp[jkα(xy)]},(4)

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    Eout=E0(r)(uxuy)=E0(r)(cosδsinδ),(5)

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    Yiyan Xie, Yang Yang, Lu Han, Qingyang Yue, Chengshan Guo. Generation of arbitrary vector beams based on a single spatial light modulator and a thin-film polarization splitting cubic[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2016, 14(12): 122601
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