Fiber lasers generating radially and azimuthally polarized light

被引：58

作者：

Fridman, Moti ^{[1
]}

Machavariani, Galina ^{[2
]}

Davidson, Nir ^{[1
]}

Friesem, Asher A. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Weizmann Inst Sci, Dept Phys Complex Syst, IL-76100 Rehovot, Israel

[2] Soreq Nucl Res Ctr, Electroopt Div, IL-81800 Yavne, Israel

来源：

APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS | 2008年 / 93卷 / 19期

关键词：

fibre lasers; laser beams; light polarisation;

D O I：

10.1063/1.3023072

中图分类号：

O59 [应用物理学];

学科分类号：

摘要：

A simple, robust, and efficient method to produce either radially or azimuthally polarized output beam from a fiber laser is presented. Experimental results reveal that polarization purity of 90% or better can be obtained.

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