Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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9785763 | Optics Communications | 2005 | 9 Pages |
Abstract
The formation of spiral phase elements producing helical beams with different topological charges is presented. The elements consist of discrete space-variant subwavelength dielectric gratings. We demonstrate our approach by fabricating elements for circularly polarized laser radiation with a wavelength of 10.6 μm. The resulting helical phases, as well as the birefrigent parameters of the element, are measured by analyzing the polarization-dependency of the elements along with the self-interference characteristics of the emerging beams.
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Authors
Avi Niv, Gabriel Biener, Vladimir Kleiner, Erez Hasman,