Liquid crystal spatial-mode converters for the orbital angular momentum of light
arXiv:1209.4534 · doi:10.1088/2040-8978/15/2/025406
Abstract
We present a tunable liquid crystal device that converts pure orbital angular momentum eigenmodes of a light beam into equal-weight superpositions of opposite-handed eigenmodes and vice versa. For specific input states, the device may thus simulate the behavior of a π/2 phase retarder in a given two-dimensional orbital angular momentum subspace, analogous to a quarter-wave plate for optical polarization. A variant of the same device generates the same final modes starting from a Gaussian input.
6 pages, 6 figures
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