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Linearly polarized light with axial symmetry generated by liquid-crystal polarization converters
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Novel liquid-crystal devices are described that generate linearly polarized light with axial symmetry; the beam propagation axis is the symmetry axis. Such light fields can be characterized by a polarization order number P. For example, P = 1 fields represent radially or azimuthally polarized light. The reorientation of the polarization orientation in these polarization converters is due to the twisted nematic effect and the effect of lambda/2 wave plates. A single polarization converter can generate fields of orders 1 and 2. It is shown that one can in principle generate fields of any integral order P by cascading such elements. Devices that generate P = 1 fields are achromatic and can be used as polarization axis finders or as versatile tools for studying birefringent or polarizing materials.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Stalder, M., & Schadt, M.
- Venue
- Optics Letters
- Publisher
- Optica Publishing Group
- Published
- 1996-12-01
- Volume
- 21
- Issue
- 23
- Pages
- 1948
- ISSN
- 0146-9592 (ISSN-L)
- 1539-4794
- OpenAlex
- W2112272979
- Cited by
- 544
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 1.16
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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