Open AccessInvestigation of the extraordinary null reconstruction phenomenon in polarization volume hologram
Author(s) -
J. Wang,
Guoguo Kang,
An’an Wu,
Y. Liu,
Jiawei Zang,
P. Li,
Xiaodi Tan,
Tsutomu Shimura,
Kazuyuki Kuroda
Publication year - 2016
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.24.001641
Subject(s) - holography , polarization (electrochemistry) , optics , superposition principle , physics , circular polarization , interferometry , volume hologram , holographic interferometry , amplitude , chemistry , quantum mechanics , microstrip
Polarization holography is the superposition of differently polarized beams. Due to its ability to record the polarization states, some extraordinary optical phenomena were found in the polarization holography. For example, the recently reported null-reconstruction phenomenon in polarization volume hologram is odd for the conventional holography which only records the amplitude and phase. In this paper, we perform a thorough investigation of the null reconstruction of polarization hologram recorded by orthogonal circularly polarized waves. To explore the mechanism behind this phenomenon, an interferometry was built to measure the phase difference between the same polarized components within the reconstructed wave. The phase difference of π was secured in our experiment, indicating a destructive interfering effect, which nicely explains the extraordinary null reconstruction observed in the polarization hologram.