journal article·2018-12-01Open access

Generation of cylindrical and elliptical symmetrical vector beam on the Mach–Zehnder interferometer

Xiang Xu, Yuan Zhou, Yang-Sheng Yuan, Jun Wang, Hua-Feng Xu, Jun Qu

AIP Advances· Volume 8· Issue 12

Abstract

We propose a principal scheme to generate the cylindrical and the elliptical symmetrical vector beam based on a modified Mach-Zehnder interferometer. The modified Mach-Zehnder interferometer, the wave plates, the Polarizing Beam Splitter (PBS) and the Dove prism are used in this optical system. Two different order polarized beams can be generated and combined by this system and the arbitrary-order cylindrical and elliptical vector beams can be obtained. With the help of this simple optical system, the various profile vector beams can be generated flexibly.
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Research context

OpenAlex topics: Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics · Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies · Photonic and Optical Devices

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Affiliations

Laser Control and Transmission Lab, College of Physics and Electronic Information, Anhui Normal University 1 , Wuhu, Anhui 241000, China

School of Mechanics and Photoelectric Physics, Anhui University of Science and Technology 2 , Huainan, Anhui 232001, China

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China

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