Production of radially and azimuthally polarized polychromatic beams |
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Authors: | Shoham A Vander R Lipson S G |
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Affiliation: | Department of Physics, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel. |
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Abstract: | We describe a system that efficiently provides radially or azimuthally polarized radiation from a randomly polarized source. It is constructed from two conical reflectors and a cylindrical sheet of polarizing film. Envisaged applications include a microscope illuminator for high-resolution surface plasmon resonance microscopy, illumination for high-resolution microlithography, and efficient coupling of a laser source to hollow optical fibers. The angular coherence function of light polarized by the device was measured to evaluate its usefulness for these applications. |
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