Abstract

A setup for the generation of arbitrary vector beams is proposed. The setup mainly consists of a spatial light modulator (SLM), an angle-adjustable polarization beam splitter modulator, and a spatial filtering imaging system. Compared with the system using a birefringent beam splitter with a non-adjustable splitting angle, the polarization splitting angle of the improved setup can be adjusted by slightly rotating the related mirrors, which will bring more convenience when different wavelengths and different pixel sizes of SLMs are involved. The experimental results also demonstrate that the setup possesses a good polarization-selective imaging ability, which reveals that the setup may also be useful in polarization-selective spatial filtering imaging and polarization-encoded encryption.

© 2016 Chinese Laser Press

Generation of arbitrary vector beams with cascaded liquid crystal spatial light modulators

Zhen-Yu Rong, Yu-Jing Han, Shu-Zhen Wang, and Cheng-Shan Guo
Opt. Express 22(2) 1636-1644 (2014)

Double-channel vector spatial light modulator for generation of arbitrary complex vector beams

Cheng-Shan Guo, Zhen-Yu Rong, and Shu-Zhen Wang
Opt. Lett. 39(2) 386-389 (2014)

Generation of arbitrary vector beams with a spatial light modulator and a common path interferometric arrangement

Xi-Lin Wang, Jianping Ding, Wei-Jiang Ni, Cheng-Shan Guo, and Hui-Tian Wang
Opt. Lett. 32(24) 3549-3551 (2007)

Efficient generation of vector beams by calibrating the phase response of a spatial light modulator

Yi Zhang, Peng Li, Chaojie Ma, Sheng Liu, Huachao Cheng, Lei Han, and Jianlin Zhao
Appl. Opt. 56(17) 4956-4960 (2017)

Highly efficient generation of arbitrary vector beams with tunable polarization, phase, and amplitude

Sheng Liu, Shuxia Qi, Yi Zhang, Peng Li, Dongjing Wu, Lei Han, and Jianlin Zhao
Photon. Res. 6(4) 228-233 (2018)