1. Generation of vector beams at 1550 nm telecommunications wavelength using a segmented q -plate
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Ayano Tanabe, Jeffrey A. Davis, Ignacio Moreno, María del Mar Sánchez-López, Katherine Badham, Nobuyuki Hashimotono, Makoto Kurihara, and Sam W. Delaney
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Physics ,Angular momentum ,business.industry ,General Engineering ,Optical communication ,Physics::Optics ,Polarization (waves) ,01 natural sciences ,Multiplexing ,Computer Science::Computers and Society ,Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics ,010309 optics ,Wavelength ,Optics ,0103 physical sciences ,Angular momentum of light ,Orbital angular momentum multiplexing ,Optoelectronics ,Orbital angular momentum of light ,010306 general physics ,Telecommunications ,business - Abstract
We present the use of a q -plate device operating at the 1550 nm telecommunications wavelength. A prototype liquid-crystal device from Citizen Holdings Co. is demonstrated to be useful for the generation of vector beams and orbital angular momentum transfer at this important wavelength.
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- 2016
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