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Generation of vector beams using a Wollaston prism and a spatial light modulator

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Abstract We propose a method based on a 4-f system that mainly consists of a spatial light modulator (SLM) and a Wollaston prism, to generate arbitrary vector beams with specifically… Click to show full abstract

Abstract We propose a method based on a 4-f system that mainly consists of a spatial light modulator (SLM) and a Wollaston prism, to generate arbitrary vector beams with specifically designed amplitude, phase, and polarization. The incident beam is divided by a computer-generated hologram written on the SLM into two beams, each of which is encoded with a prescribed complex field and then are combined efficiently into a single beam by the Wollaston prism. Combining capability of the Wollaston prism can be tuned through the prism’s rotation. We achieve a conversion efficiency that is three-fold higher than that of using a Ronchi grating for the beam combination.

Keywords: spatial light; wollaston prism; vector beams; light modulator; prism

Journal Title: Optik
Year Published: 2017

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