Arbitrary polarization conversion dichroism metasurfaces for all-in-one full Poincaré sphere polarizers [PDF]
Light: Science & Applications, 2021 The control of polarization, an essential property of light, is of broad scientific and technological interest. Polarizers are indispensable optical elements for direct polarization generation.
Shuai Wang +8 more
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Metasurface higher-order poincaré sphere polarization detection clock [PDF]
Light: Science & ApplicationsAccurately and swiftly characterizing the state of polarization (SoP) of complex structured light is crucial in the realms of classical and quantum optics. Conventional strategies for detecting SoP, which typically involves a sequence of cascaded optical
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Photonics, 2023 This paper presents the total angular momentum-conserving Poincaré sphere (TAM-C PS), which offers a novel framework for efficiently characterizing a wide range of vector vortex beams.
Wangke Yu +3 more
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Electrically reconfigurable polarization control with double tri-layer black phosphorus heterostructures [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsAccessing diverse polarization states across the Poincaré sphere via electrical control is highly desirable in optical communications, bio-imaging and quantum information processing, where fast continuous switching, compactness, and ease of integration ...
Samuel K. W. Seah +4 more
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Fully tunable on-chip meta-generator for multidimensional Poincaré sphere mapping [PDF]
Light: Science & ApplicationsThe angular momentum of light can be elegantly mapped onto high-order Poincaré spheres, providing a powerful framework for describing structured light beams.
Shuang Zheng +14 more
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Exploiting hidden singularity on the surface of the Poincaré sphere [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsThe classical Pancharatnam-Berry phase, a variant of the geometric phase, arises purely from the modulation of the polarization state of a light beam. Due to its dependence on polarization changes, it cannot be effectively utilized for wavefront shaping ...
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Poincaré sphere trajectory encoding metasurfaces based on generalized Malus’ law [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsAs a fundamental property of light, polarization serves as an excellent information encoding carrier, playing significant roles in many optical applications, including liquid crystal displays, polarization imaging, optical computation and encryption ...
Zi-Lan Deng +6 more
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Polarization-Resolved Speckle Technique for Rapid Non-Destructive Characterization of Macroporous Silica Thin Films [PDF]
SensorsMacroporous silica thin films were synthesized via the sol–gel method to elucidate the relationship between pore structure and the degree of polarization of light (DoP).
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Mapping partially polarized light to incoherent superpositions of vector beams and vortex beams with orbital angular momentum [PDF]
EPJ Web of Conferences, 2023 Fully polarized light, cylindrical vector beams, and beams with opposite orbital angular momentum (OAM) and their superpositions are respectively represented as points on the Poincaré sphere (PS), the higher-order Poincaré sphere (HOPS) and the OAM ...
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Structuring polarization states of light in space and time [PDF]
NanophotonicsThe spatiotemporal sculpturing of light beams with arbitrary phase and polarization topologies has garnered significant attention in recent years due to its potential to advance optical technologies and reveal novel physical phenomena.
Pires Danilo Gomes +3 more
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