Dynamic modulation of Poincaré beams

Generation of complex Poincaré beams is enabled by amplitude and phase modulation accompanied by simultaneous spatially polarization structuring. A holographic system to tailor complex light fields and optical angular momentum structures forecasts promising applications in quantum communication and...

Verfasser: Alpmann, Christina
Schlickriede, Christian
Otte, Eileen
Denz, Cornelia
FB/Einrichtung:FB 11: Physik
Dokumenttypen:Artikel
Medientypen:Text
Erscheinungsdatum:2017
Publikation in MIAMI:16.05.2019
Datum der letzten Änderung:16.05.2019
Angaben zur Ausgabe:[Electronic ed.]
Quelle:Scientific Reports 7 (2017) 8076, 1-9
Fachgebiet (DDC):530: Physik
Lizenz:CC BY 4.0
Sprache:English
Förderung:Finanziert durch den Open-Access-Publikationsfonds 2018 der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) und der Westfälischen Wilhelms-Universität Münster (WWU Münster).
Format:PDF-Dokument
URN:urn:nbn:de:hbz:6-84199549350
Weitere Identifikatoren:DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-07437-9
Permalink:https://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:hbz:6-84199549350
Onlinezugriff:artikel_alpmann_2017.pdf

Generation of complex Poincaré beams is enabled by amplitude and phase modulation accompanied by simultaneous spatially polarization structuring. A holographic system to tailor complex light fields and optical angular momentum structures forecasts promising applications in quantum communication and optical trapping. Experimental results are presented together with simulations of complex Poincaré beams embedding different types of polarization singularities. Additionally, parameters of the dynamic polarization modulation system are discussed and analyzed to demonstrate the enormous capability of the method.