Tunable liquid crystal q-plates with arbitrary topological charge
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Author(s)
Slussarenko, Sergei
Murauski, Anatoli
Du, Tao
Chigrinov, Vladimir
Marrucci, Lorenzo
Santamato, Enrico
Griffith University Author(s)
Year published
2011
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Using a photoalignment technique with a sulphonic azo-dye as the surfactant aligning material, we fabricated electrically tunable liquid crystal q-plates with topological charge 0.5, 1.5 and 3 for generating optical vortex beams with definite orbital angular momentum (OAM) 1,3 and 6 per photon (in units of h𤋮 respectively. We carried out several tests on our q-plates, including OAM tomography, finding excellent performances. These devices can have useful applications in general and quantum optics.Using a photoalignment technique with a sulphonic azo-dye as the surfactant aligning material, we fabricated electrically tunable liquid crystal q-plates with topological charge 0.5, 1.5 and 3 for generating optical vortex beams with definite orbital angular momentum (OAM) 1,3 and 6 per photon (in units of h𤋮 respectively. We carried out several tests on our q-plates, including OAM tomography, finding excellent performances. These devices can have useful applications in general and quantum optics.
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Journal Title
Optics Express
Volume
19
Issue
5
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© 2011 OSA. This paper was published in Optics Express and is made available as an electronic reprint with the permission of OSA. The paper can be found at the following URL on the OSA website: http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.19.004085. Systematic or multiple reproduction or distribution to multiple locations via electronic or other means is prohibited and is subject to penalties under law.
Subject
Atomic, molecular and optical physics
Photonics, optoelectronics and optical communications
Atomic, molecular and optical physics not elsewhere classified
Quantum optics and quantum optomechanics
Communications engineering