Simple coherent polarization manipulation scheme for generating high power radially polarized beam

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 21, 2007, Pages 14251-14256

  Phua, P B ^a   Lai, W J ^b  

^a DSO NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; CRYSTALS; INTERFEROMETRY; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETERS; POLARIZATION;

BIREFRINGENT CRYSTALS; COHERENT POLARIZATION MANIPULATION; INTERFEROMETRIC STABILITY;

GAUSSIAN BEAMS;

EID: 35348942895     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.014251     Document Type: Article

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