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31 December 2003 Polarization modulation by subwavelength-structured space-variant dielectric interfaces
Jani Tervo, Jari Turunen
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Abstract
Intensity transformation by using paraxial-domain polarization-modulating diffractive elements is discussed. It is shown that taking the electromagnetic nature of light into account may lead to a dramatic increase in the diffraction efficiency also in the paraxial domain, in which the vectorial nature of light is usually ignored. Examples are given for signals for which the full 100% conversion efficiency is possible.
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Jani Tervo and Jari Turunen "Polarization modulation by subwavelength-structured space-variant dielectric interfaces", Proc. SPIE 5182, Wave-Optical Systems Engineering II, (31 December 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.509495
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KEYWORDS
Diffraction

Polarization

Modulation

Electromagnetism

Beam splitters

Dielectric polarization

Jones vectors

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