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Optical vortex generation by use of vector beam recorded azo-dye-doped liquid-crystal polymer composites
Author(s): Moritsugu Sakamoto; Tomoyuki Sasaki; Tran Minh Tien; Kohei Noda; Nobuhiro Kawatsuki; Hiroshi Ono
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Paper Abstract

In the present presentation, we report the experimentally and theoretically investigated spatial wavefront conversion properties of an optical vortex (OV) generation system including azo-dye doped liquid crystal (ADDLC) polymer composite and vector beam illuminator, focusing on the abilities of flexibility and achromaticity. Threedimensional anisotropic structure was induced by recording vector beam in ADDLC and it can convert a polarized Gaussian beam into polarized OVs whose topological charge is depending on the structure of anisotropy. The photo-induced anisotropic structure can be re-initialized by turning it off and changing the illuminating polarization pattern of vector beam. Numerical simulations and experimental results showed that our anisotropic structure can generate OV with broadband spectrum.

Paper Details

Date Published: 16 March 2017
PDF: 7 pages
Proc. SPIE 10120, Complex Light and Optical Forces XI, 1012006 (16 March 2017); doi: 10.1117/12.2249033
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Moritsugu Sakamoto, Nagaoka Univ. of Technology (Japan)
Tomoyuki Sasaki, Nagaoka Univ. of Technology (Japan)
Tran Minh Tien, Nagaoka Univ. of Technology (Japan)
Kohei Noda, Nagaoka Univ. of Technology (Japan)
Nobuhiro Kawatsuki, Univ. of Hyogo (Japan)
Hiroshi Ono, Nagaoka Univ. of Technology (Japan)


Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 10120:
Complex Light and Optical Forces XI
David L. Andrews; Enrique J. Galvez; Jesper Glückstad, Editor(s)

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