Azimuthally and radially polarized light with a nematic SLM

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 212-217

  Bashkansky, Mark ^a   Park, Doewon ^a   Fatemi, Fredrik K ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL BONDS; GAUSSIAN BEAMS; LIGHT MODULATORS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; WAVE FUNCTIONS;

GAUSSIAN MODES; INTERFEROMETRIC STABILITY; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTAL SPATIAL LIGHT MODULATOR; OVERLAP INTEGRALS; PHASE STEPS; POLARIZED LIGHT; RADIAL POLARIZATION; RADIALLY POLARIZED BEAM; TEM;

LIGHT MODULATION;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ILLUMINATION; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERFEROMETRY; LASER; LIQUID CRYSTAL; REFRACTOMETRY;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; INTERFEROMETRY; LASERS; LIGHTING; LIQUID CRYSTALS; REFRACTOMETRY;

EID: 73549111985     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.000212     Document Type: Article

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