Poincaré modes of light

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  • Enrique J. Galvez
  • Shreeya Khadka
چکیده

This article presents a study of Poincaré-mode patterns produced by superpositions of high-order Laguerre-Gauss modes in orthogonal polarization eigenstates. We cover the cases of three polarization bases: circular, linear and elliptical. We show that a variety of patterns can be created, many containing polarization singularities and multiple mappings of the Poincaré sphere onto the beam mode.

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تاریخ انتشار 2012