Parallel aligned liquid crystal on silicon display based optical set-up for the generation of polarization spatial distributions

Estévez, Irene; Lizana, Ángel; Zheng, Xuejie; Peinado, Alba; Ramírez, Claudio; Martínez, José Luis; Márquez, Andrés; Moreno, Ignacio; Campos, Juan

doi:10.1117/12.2184800

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“…Unlike in classical imaging or telecommunications, where substantial optical loss can be tolerated, even small loss can stop quantum information and quantum metrology applications from functioning at all. Moreover, quantum applications often require sophisticated state transformations, whereas past work has focused on producing particular non-uniform polarization states [19][20][21][22][23][24].…”

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Implementation of nearly arbitrary spatially-varying polarization transformations: a non-diffractive and non-interferometric approach using spatial light modulators

Runyon,

Nacke,

Sit

et al. 2018

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A fast and automated scheme for general polarization transformations holds great value in adaptive optics, quantum information, and virtually all applications involving light-matter and light-light interactions. We present an experiment that uses a liquid crystal on silicon spatial light modulator (LCOS-SLM) to perform polarization transformations on a light field. We experimentally demonstrate the point-by-point conversion of uniformly polarized light fields across the wave front to realize arbitrary, spatially varying polarization states. Additionally, we demonstrate that a light field with an arbitrary spatially varying polarization can be transformed to a spatially invariant (i.e., uniform) polarization.

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Implementation of nearly arbitrary spatially-varying polarization transformations: a non-diffractive and non-interferometric approach using spatial light modulators

Runyon,

Nacke,

Sit

et al. 2018

Preprint

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“…In contrast, the polarization transformation schemes that we will present, like the schemes in [21][22][23][24][25][26], do not require optical loss in order to function. Whereas all of these references focus solely on generating spatially varying polarized states of light, we additionally investigate the implementation of general spatial polarization transformations.…”

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General lossless spatial polarization transformations

Sit

Giner

Karimi

et al. 2017

J. Opt.

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Liquid crystals allow for the real-time control of the polarization of light. We describe and provide some experimental examples of the types of general polarization transformations, including universal polarization transformations, that can be accomplished with liquid crystals in tandem with fixed waveplates. Implementing these transformations with an array of liquid crystals, e.g., a spatial light modulator, allows for the manipulation of the polarization across a beam's transverse plane. We outline applications of such general spatial polarization transformations in the generation of exotic types of vector polarized beams, a polarization magnifier, and the correction of polarization aberrations in light fields.

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Implementation of nearly arbitrary spatially varying polarization transformations: an in-principle lossless approach using spatial light modulators

Runyon¹,

Nacke²,

Sit³

et al. 2018

Appl. Opt.

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A fast and automated scheme for general polarization transformations holds great value in adaptive optics, quantum information, and virtually all applications involving light-matter and light-light interactions. We present an experiment that uses a liquid crystal on silicon spatial light modulator to perform polarization transformations on a light field. We experimentally demonstrate the point-by-point conversion of uniformly polarized light fields across the wavefront to realize arbitrary, spatially varying polarization states. Additionally, we demonstrate that a light field with an arbitrary spatially varying polarization can be transformed to a spatially invariant (i.e., uniform) polarization.

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Parallel aligned liquid crystal on silicon display based optical set-up for the generation of polarization spatial distributions

Cited by 3 publications

References 30 publications

Implementation of nearly arbitrary spatially-varying polarization transformations: a non-diffractive and non-interferometric approach using spatial light modulators

Implementation of nearly arbitrary spatially-varying polarization transformations: a non-diffractive and non-interferometric approach using spatial light modulators

General lossless spatial polarization transformations

Implementation of nearly arbitrary spatially varying polarization transformations: an in-principle lossless approach using spatial light modulators

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