• DocumentCode
    2246583
  • Title

    Methods towards achieving precise birefringent focusing

  • Author

    Schmid, David ; Hazrat, Shiraz ; Rangarajan, Radhika ; Hosten, Onur ; Quint, Stephan ; Kwiat, Paul G.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    1-6 May 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We present two independent schemes for the precise focusing of orthogonal polarizations of light at arbitrary relative locations. The first scheme uses a polarization Sagnac interferometer, the second a set of three birefringent elements.
  • Keywords
    Sagnac interferometers; birefringence; light polarisation; optical focusing; birefringent elements; birefringent focusing; light orthogonal polarizations; polarization Sagnac interferometer; Crystals; Focusing; Lenses; Optical beams; Optical diffraction; Optical imaging; Optical polarization;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1223-4
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5950879