TY - JOUR
T1 - Transformation of vector beams with radial and azimuthal polarizations in biaxial crystals
AU - Turpin, A.
AU - Vargas, A.
AU - Lizana, A.
AU - Torres-Ruiz, F. A.
AU - Estévez, I.
AU - Moreno, I.
AU - Campos, J.
AU - Mompart, J.
PY - 2015/1/1
Y1 - 2015/1/1
N2 - © 2015 Optical Society of America© 2015 Optical Society of America. We present both experimentally and theoretically the transformation of radially and azimuthally polarized vector beams when they propagate through a biaxial crystal and are transformed by the conical refraction phenomenon. We show that, at the focal plane, the transverse pattern is formed by a ring-like light structure with an azimuthal node, this node being found at diametrically opposite points of the ring for radial/azimuthal polarizations. We also prove that the state of polarization of the transformed beams is conical refraction-like, i.e., that every two diametrically opposite points of the light ring are linearly orthogonally polarized.
AB - © 2015 Optical Society of America© 2015 Optical Society of America. We present both experimentally and theoretically the transformation of radially and azimuthally polarized vector beams when they propagate through a biaxial crystal and are transformed by the conical refraction phenomenon. We show that, at the focal plane, the transverse pattern is formed by a ring-like light structure with an azimuthal node, this node being found at diametrically opposite points of the ring for radial/azimuthal polarizations. We also prove that the state of polarization of the transformed beams is conical refraction-like, i.e., that every two diametrically opposite points of the light ring are linearly orthogonally polarized.
U2 - 10.1364/JOSAA.32.001012
DO - 10.1364/JOSAA.32.001012
M3 - Article
SN - 1084-7529
VL - 32
SP - 1002
EP - 1016
JO - Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision
JF - Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision
IS - 5
ER -