Tunable cylindrical vector beam generation via low-cost printed binary holograms
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| author | Ramos-Torres, Emilio E. Cruzado, Beatriz Morales Perez-Garcia, Benjamin Rosales-Guzmán, Carmelo |
| author_facet | Ramos-Torres, Emilio E. Cruzado, Beatriz Morales Perez-Garcia, Benjamin Rosales-Guzmán, Carmelo |
| contents | We report a low-cost method for generating cylindrical vector beams using binary holograms printed on acetate sheets and a modified Michelson interferometer incorporating a cylindrical-lens mode converter. By simply exchanging the hologram the device produces a variety of CVBs with tunable spatial-polarisation nonseparability. The transverse polarisation distributions reconstructed via Stokes polarimetry show spatial-polarisation features consistent with numerical simulations. The degree of nonseparability is further quantified using the vector quality factor (concurrence), demonstrating values in good agreement with theoretical expectations across the generated states. The use of wave-plate retarders enables continuous tuning from scalar to fully vector beams. The simplicity, robustness, and low cost of the proposed system make it an attractive alternative to programmable modulators for compact optical platforms and teaching laboratories. |
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| spellingShingle | Tunable cylindrical vector beam generation via low-cost printed binary holograms Ramos-Torres, Emilio E. Cruzado, Beatriz Morales Perez-Garcia, Benjamin Rosales-Guzmán, Carmelo Optics We report a low-cost method for generating cylindrical vector beams using binary holograms printed on acetate sheets and a modified Michelson interferometer incorporating a cylindrical-lens mode converter. By simply exchanging the hologram the device produces a variety of CVBs with tunable spatial-polarisation nonseparability. The transverse polarisation distributions reconstructed via Stokes polarimetry show spatial-polarisation features consistent with numerical simulations. The degree of nonseparability is further quantified using the vector quality factor (concurrence), demonstrating values in good agreement with theoretical expectations across the generated states. The use of wave-plate retarders enables continuous tuning from scalar to fully vector beams. The simplicity, robustness, and low cost of the proposed system make it an attractive alternative to programmable modulators for compact optical platforms and teaching laboratories. |
| title | Tunable cylindrical vector beam generation via low-cost printed binary holograms |
| topic | Optics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.19090 |