New paper in Optics Letters with q-plates encoded onto a SLM to produce integer and fractional vector beams
We published a new paper in Optics Letters entitled Generation of integer and fractional vector beams with q-plates encoded onto a spatial light modulator. The paper appeared published in the sixth issue of OL in 2016.
In this paper we generated programmable vector beams with arbitrary -plates encoded using a spatial light modulator system. Consequently, we have been able to analyze new and exotic -plate designs without the difficulty of fabricating individual plates. For instance, we showed experimental results for positive and negative integer and new fractional vector beam values.
For instance, the picture shows a fractional vector beam where the polarization changes linearly in three sectors along the polar coordinate in the plane traversal to the beam.
This work has been done during the stay of MarÃa M. Sanchez-López and Ignacio Moreno at SDSU during Summer 2015.