Generation of radially polarized beams based on the refractive optical elements with interference polarizing coatings
V.D. Paranin, S.V. Karpeev, S.N. Khonina

 

Image Processing Systems Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences,

Samara State Aerospace University

Full text of article: Russian language.

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Abstract:
The calculation and simulation of an interference polarizer to generate radially polarized light are conducted. The method is based on the conversion of a conical wavefront as it passes through the interference polarizer. A multilayer optical coating can be applied on the surface of the axicon. It is shown that in this way we noticeably reduce both the operating angle of incidence and achieve a practically significant polarization degree of the generated beam at much lower energy losses.

Keywords:
multilayer optical coatings, interference polarizer, axicon, radial polarization.

Citation:
Paranin VD, Karpeev SV, Khonina SN. Generation of radially polarized beams based on the refractive elements with interference polarizing coatings. Computer Optics 2015; 39(4): 492-9. DOI: 10.18287/0134-2452-2015-39-4-492-499.

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