Azimuthally and radially polarized light in conical diffraction

Stephen D. Grant; Svetlana A. Zolotovskaya; W. Allan Gillespie; Todor K. Kalkandjiev; Amin Abdolvand

doi:10.1364/OL.39.001988

Azimuthally and radially polarized light in conical diffraction

Stephen D. Grant, Svetlana A. Zolotovskaya, W. Allan Gillespie, Todor K. Kalkandjiev, Amin Abdolvand

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Abstract

Azimuthal and radial polarization states of light are used to produce conical diffraction (CD) from a KGd(WO₄)₂ crystal. The patterns produced in the ring plane in each case display marked differences than those seen when linearly polarized incident light is used, with the production of a splitting of the CD ring into two concentric rings of equal intensity. The free space evolution for each type of polarization state is also experimentally recorded and investigated. Comparison with theory shows agreement with the experimentally observed results.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1988-1991
Number of pages	4
Journal	Optics Letters
Volume	39
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.39.001988
Publication status	Published - 1 Apr 2014
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

azimuthal polarization
radial polarization
light
conical diffraction

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