New publication in Applied Optics about the arithmetics of q-plates
A new paper entitled Arithmetics with q-plates was published in Applied Optics where we show the capability to form various q-plate equivalent systems using combinations of commercially available q-plates. We show operations like changing the sign of the q-value, or the addition and subtraction of q -plates. These operations only require simple combinations of q-plates and half-wave plates.
This work was developed in collaboration with our friends at San Diego State University.