Open AccessPolarization holograms allow highly efficient generation of complex light beams
Author(s) -
Ulises Ruiz,
P. Pagliusi,
C. Provenzano,
Karen VolkeSepúlveda,
G. Cipparrone
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.21.007505
Subject(s) - optics , holography , polarization (electrochemistry) , diffraction efficiency , orthogonal polarization spectral imaging , radial polarization , circular polarization , physics , phase modulation , diffraction , laser beams , laser , phase noise , laser beam quality , chemistry , microstrip
We report a viable method to generate complex beams, such as the non-diffracting Bessel and Weber beams, which relies on the encoding of amplitude information, in addition to phase and polarization, using polarization holography. The holograms are recorded in polarization sensitive films by the interference of a reference plane wave with a tailored complex beam, having orthogonal circular polarizations. The high efficiency, the intrinsic achromaticity and the simplicity of use of the polarization holograms make them competitive with respect to existing methods and attractive for several applications. Theoretical analysis, based on the Jones formalism, and experimental results are shown.