• DocumentCode
    3642208
  • Title

    Polarization vortex converter imprinted by femtosecond laser nanostructuring in glass

  • Author

    Martynas Beresna;Mindaugas Gecevičius;Peter G. Kazansky

  • Author_Institution
    Optoelectronics R esearch Centre, University of Southampton, SO17 1B J, United Kingdom
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    5/1/2011 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    A polarization converter by femtosecond laser imprinting of space variant birefringence is demonstrated. Switching from radial to azimuthally polarized beam both with orbital angular momentum is achieved by controlling handedness of incident circular polarization.
  • Keywords
    "Ultrafast optics","Laser beams","Polarization","Measurement by laser beam","Optical device fabrication","Optical polarization","Laser modes"
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1223-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1364/CLEO_SI.2011.CWO3
  • Filename
    5950781