Basis independent tomography of complex vectorial light fields by Stokes projections
arXiv:1902.07988 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.100.063842
Abstract
Complex vectorial light fields, non-separable in their polarization and spatial degree of freedom, are of relevance in a wide variety of fields encompassing microscopy, metrology, communication and topological studies. Controversially, they have been suggested as analogues to quantum entanglement, raising fundamental questions on the relation between non-separability in classical systems, and entanglement in quantum systems. Here we propose and demonstrate basis-independent tomography of arbitrary vectorial light fields by relating their concurrence to spatially resolved Stokes projections. We generate vector fields with controllable non-separability using a novel compact interferometer that incorporates a digital micro-mirror device (DMD), thus offering a holistic toolbox for the generation and quantitative analysis of arbitrary vectorial light fields.
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