Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Davis, Jeffrey A
• Moreno, Ignacio
• Sánchez-López, María M
• Badham, Katherine
• Albero, Jorge
• Cottrell, Don M

Titel

Diffraction gratings generating orders with selective states of polarization

Ist Teil von

• Optics express, 2016-01, Vol.24 (2), p.907-917

Ort / Verlag

United States

Erscheinungsjahr

2016

Quelle

EZB Electronic Journals Library

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• We propose specially designed double anisotropic polarization diffraction gratings capable of producing a selective number of diffraction orders and with selective different states of polarization. Different polarization diffraction gratings are demonstrated, including linear polarization with horizontal, vertical and ± 45° orientations, and circular R and L polarization outputs. When illuminated with an arbitrary state of polarization, the system acts as a complete polarimeter where the intensities of the diffraction orders allow measurement of the Stokes parameters with a single shot. Experimental proof-of-concept is presented using a parallel-aligned liquid crystal display operating in a double pass architecture.