• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 15, Issue 3, 030004 (2017)
Guadalupe López-Morales1、*, Victor-Manuel Rico-Botero1, Rafael Espinosa-Luna1, and Qiwen Zhan2
Author Affiliations
  • 1GIPYS Laboratory, Centro de Investigaciones en Óptica, A. C., León, Gto 37150, México
  • 2Department of Electro-Optics and Photonics, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH 45469, USA
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    Guadalupe López-Morales, Victor-Manuel Rico-Botero, Rafael Espinosa-Luna, Qiwen Zhan. Refractive index measurement of dielectric samples using highly focused radially polarized light (Invited Paper)[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2017, 15(3): 030004 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    In this Letter, a refractive index measurement of a dielectric sample using highly focused radially polarized light is reported. Through imaging analysis of the optical field at the pupil plane of a high numerical aperture (NA) objective lens reflected by the sample under study, the Brewster angle is found. Employing a high NA objective lens allows the measurement of multiple angles of incidence from 0° to 64° in a single shot. The refractive index of the sample is estimated using the measured Brewster angle. The experimental results are compared with the theoretical images computed with the Fresnel theory, and a good agreement is obtained.
    tan(θB)=n2n1,(1)

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    NA=sin(θmax).(2)

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    Epi=Ei·r^,(3a)

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    Esi=EiEpir^.(3b)

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    Epr=rpEpi,(4a)

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    Esr=rsEsi.(4b)

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    Guadalupe López-Morales, Victor-Manuel Rico-Botero, Rafael Espinosa-Luna, Qiwen Zhan. Refractive index measurement of dielectric samples using highly focused radially polarized light (Invited Paper)[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2017, 15(3): 030004
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