Interferometric measurement of the geometric phase in space-variant polarization manipulations

Qiwen Zhan; James R. Leger

doi:10.1016/S0030-4018(02)02123-5

Interferometric measurement of the geometric phase in space-variant polarization manipulations

Qiwen Zhan, James R. Leger

Electrical and Computer Engineering

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Abstract

We report on an interferometric measurement of the geometric phase in space-variant polarization manipulations. We mathematically show the existence of such a phase and experimentally verify it using a dichroic cylindrical polarizer. A dichroic radial analyzer converts a circularly polarized beam into an azimuthally polarized beam with a spiral geometric phase. A Mach-Zehnder interferometer is used to measure this spiral phase.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	241-245
Number of pages	5
Journal	Optics Communications
Volume	213
Issue number	4-6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0030-4018(02)02123-5
State	Published - Dec 1 2002

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This work is funded by CyberOptics Inc. The authors are thankful for their support.

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Cylindrical vectors beam
Interferometer
Spiral Berry's phase

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