Generation of vector beams at 1550 nm telecommunications wavelength using a segmented q-plate

Katherine T. Badham; Sam W. Delaney; Nobuyuki Hashimotono; María del Mar M. Sánchez-López; Makoto Kurihara; Ayano Tanabe; Ignacio Moreno; Jeffrey A. Davis

doi:10.1117/1.OE.55.3.030502

23 March 2016 Generation of vector beams at 1550 nm telecommunications wavelength using a segmented q-plate

Katherine T. Badham, Sam W. Delaney, Nobuyuki Hashimotono, María del Mar M. Sánchez-López, Makoto Kurihara, Ayano Tanabe, Ignacio Moreno, Jeffrey A. Davis

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Funded by: Spanish Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, FEDER

Optical Engineering, Vol. 55, Issue 3, 030502 (March 2016). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.55.3.030502

Abstract

We present the use of a q-plate device operating at the 1550 nm telecommunications wavelength. A prototype liquid-crystal device from Citizen Holdings Co. is demonstrated to be useful for the generation of vector beams and orbital angular momentum transfer at this important wavelength.

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Katherine T. Badham, Sam W. Delaney, Nobuyuki Hashimotono, María del Mar M. Sánchez-López, Makoto Kurihara, Ayano Tanabe, Ignacio Moreno, and Jeffrey A. Davis "Generation of vector beams at 1550 nm telecommunications wavelength using a segmented q-plate," Optical Engineering 55(3), 030502 (23 March 2016). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.55.3.030502

Published: 23 March 2016

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