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Vectorial beam generation with a conical refractive surface
M.S. Gubaev 1,2, S.A. Degtyarev 1,2, Y.S. Strelkov 1,2, S.G. Volotovskiy 1, N.A. Ivliev 1,2, S.N. Khonina 1,2

1 IPSI RAS – Branch of the FSRC "Crystallography and Photonics" RAS,
443001, Samara, Russia, Molodogvardeyskaya 151,
2 Samara National Research University, 443086, Samara, Russia, Moskovskoye Shosse 34

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DOI: 10.18287/2412-6179-CO-1036

Pages: 828-838.

Full text of article: Russian language.

Abstract:
We propose to use a refractive conical axicon for generating azimutally polarized beams. We investigate polarization states of optical rays passing through an interface between optical media, and also polarization transformation with a refractive axicon. We develop a software for raytracing which correctly processes polarization states of the rays and visualizes ellipses of polarization. The polarization state is described in the Jones notation and based on the energy conservation law. We derive and implement formulas for calculating the Jones vector in different bases, as well as trans-ferring the Jones vector from one basis to another. Algorithms for displaying polarization ellipses on one plane for beams that are not plane-parallel have been developed. Ray paths in a three-dimensional axicon are calculated and shown with due regard for polarization.

Keywords:
ray optics, axicon, polarization, Fresnel coefficients, azimutally polarized beam.

Citation:
Gubaev MS, Degtyarev SA, Strelkov YS, Volotovsky SG, Ivliev NA, Khonina SN. Vectorial beam generation with a conical refractive surface. Computer Optics 2021; 45(6): 828-838. DOI: 10.18287/2412-6179-CO-1036.

Acknowledgements:
The reported study was performed under the "ERA.Net RUS plus" program funded by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research within project No. 20-52-76021 (computer simulation) and financially supported by the Russian Federation Ministry of Science and Higher Education under the state contract with the "Crystallography and Photonics" Research Center of the RAS (theoretical derivations).

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