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Investigation of polarization transformations performed with a refractive bi-conical axicon using the FDTD method
P.A. Khorin 1,2, A.M. Algubili 1,3, S.A. Degtyarev 1,2, S.K. Sergunin 1, S.V. Karpeev 1,2, S.N. Khonina 1,2

1 Samara National Research University, 443086, Samara, Russia, Moskovskoye Shosse 34;
2 IPSI RAS – Branch of the FSRC "Crystallography and Photonics" RAS,
443001, Samara, Russia, Molodogvardeyskaya 151;
3 University of Kufa, 540011, Kufa, Iraq, P.O Box 21

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DOI: 10.18287/2412-6179-CO-1326

Pages: 742-750.

Full text of article: Russian language.

Abstract:
We investigate polarization transformations carried out with a refractive bi-conical axicon using the FDTD method. The approach is based on the transformation of a circularly polarized optical beam into an azimuthally polarized beam due to the use of a single refractive element with two conical surfaces. On the inner surface of the element, polarization conversion occurs due to the reflection and refraction of rays at the Brewster angle, while the outer surface operates as a converted beam collimator. The distributions of the components of the electric field vector and the polarization vector at different distances from the optical element are considered as criteria for a successful polarization transformation. By numerical simulation of the performance of a bi-conical axicon made of glass with a refractive index of n = 1.4958, the efficiency of the proposed approach for a circularly polarized Gaussian beam with a wavelength of λ = 1.5 µm is shown. The proposed element is shown to be immune to chromatic aberrations in a significant range of changes in the refractive index of the element material and incident wavelengths (1.5 ≤ n ≤ 1.7; 1 μm ≤ λ ≤ 1.5 μm).

Keywords:
bi-conical axicon, polarization transformations, FDTD method, chromatic stability.

Citation:
Khorin PA, Algubili AM, Degtyarev SA, Sergunin SK, Karpeev SV, Khonina SN. Investigation of polarization transformations performed with a refractive bi-conical axicon using the FDTD method. Computer Optics 2023; 47(5): 742-750. DOI: 10.18287/2412-6179-CO-1326.

Acknowledgements:
This work was funded within the State assignment of Federal Scientific Research Center "Crystallography and Photonics" of Russian Academy of Sciences.

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