Dynamics of linear polarization conversion in uniaxial crystals. Academic Article

abstract

• We report on the experimental and theoretical investigation of polarization conversion of linearly polarized Gaussian beam propagating in perpendicularly cut homogeneous uniaxial crystals. We derive analytical expressions, in good agreement with experimental data, for power transfer between components at normal incidence accompanied by the generation of a topological quadrupole. We extend the results to the oblique incidence case and confirm experimentally the optimal parameters for generation of a single charge on-axis optical vortex, including spectrally resolved measurements for the white-light beams.

authors

• Krolikowski, Wieslaw

published proceedings

• Opt Express

author list (cited authors)

• Izdebskaya, Y., Brasselet, E., Shvedov, V., Desyatnikov, A., Krolikowski, W., & Kivshar, Y.

citation count

• 19

complete list of authors

• Izdebskaya, Yana||Brasselet, Etienne||Shvedov, Vladlen||Desyatnikov, Anton||Krolikowski, Wieslaw||Kivshar, Yuri

publication date

• September 2009

publisher

• Optica Publishing Group  Publisher

published in

• Optics Express  Journal

keywords

• Computer Simulation
• Crystallization
• Light
• Linear Models
• Refractometry
• Scattering, Radiation

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1364/OE.17.018196

start page

• 18196

end page

• 18208

volume

• 17

issue

• 20

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/oe.17.018196