Overall characterization of the polarization structure of radially polarized partially coherent vortex beams

Rosario Martinez-Herrero; Felix Prado

doi:10.1117/12.2021697

18 November 2013 Overall characterization of the polarization structure of radially polarized partially coherent vortex beams

Rosario Martinez-Herrero, Felix Prado

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Proceedings Volume 8785, 8th Iberoamerican Optics Meeting and 11th Latin American Meeting on Optics, Lasers, and Applications; 8785AB (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2021697
Event: 8th Ibero American Optics Meeting/11th Latin American Meeting on Optics, Lasers, and Applications, 2013, Porto, Portugal

Abstract

Analytical expressions are provided for describing the overall free-space evolution of the polarization structure of paraxial vortex beams whose electric-field vector at some transverse plane exhibits a radially polarized behaviour. At each transverse plane, the polarization distribution across the beam profile is characterized by means the percentage of the irradiance associated with the radial or azimuthal components. The propagation laws for these percentages are also shown. As an illustrative example, a radially polarized partially coherent vortex beam is analized.

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Rosario Martinez-Herrero and Felix Prado "Overall characterization of the polarization structure of radially polarized partially coherent vortex beams", Proc. SPIE 8785, 8th Iberoamerican Optics Meeting and 11th Latin American Meeting on Optics, Lasers, and Applications, 8785AB (18 November 2013); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2021697

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