Abstract
We examine the performance of a tunable liquid crystal -plate in a reflective geometry. When the device is tuned to a half-wave retardance, it operates as a -plate with twice the value () by adding a quarter-wave retarder between the mirror and the -plate. However, when the device is tuned to a quarter-wave retardance, it acts as the original -plate without the retarder. Experimental results are shown. Using an input tunable polarization state generator, the system allows the switchable production of all states on both the first- and second-order Poincaré spheres.
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