We propose theoretically and verify experimentally a compact optical configuration to directly generate arbitrary vector......

Cylindrical vector beams are described by the representation formalism of finite electromagnetic beams in free space. Th......

We investigate the linear momentum density of light, which can be decomposed into spin and orbital parts, in the complex......

Based on the optical rotatory dispersion and zero reflection of the p-polarization light at the Brewster angle, a novel ......

Designs of p-doped in quantum well (QW) barriers and specific number of vertically stacked QWs are proposed to improve t......

Polarization aberration of optical systems in imaging polarimetry affects the polarization detection accuracy, especiall......

We report on a systematic study of the laser polarization effect on a femtosecond laser filamentation in air. By changin......

A design of polarization-maintaining retro-reflectors (PMRRs) for folded-path applications is proposed and analyzed. The......

We show the power of spirally polarized doughnut beams as a tool for tuning the field distribution in the focus of a hig......

The fundamental resolution limit and depth of focus of immersion lithography are described. The image contrasts for TE p......

Tight focusing properties of partially coherent radially polarized vortex beams are studied based on vectorial Debye the......

This Letter tackles the issue of non-contact detection of ultrasonic fields by utilizing a novel optical method based on......

We present the single-slit diffraction of the arbitrary vector fields with different parameters m, n, and f0 theoretical......

We focus on the need for azimuthal orientation angles of a system. If one azimuthal orientation angle is a function of o......

Femtosecond (fs) cylindrical vector beams (CVBs) have found use in many applications in recent years. However, the exist......

A novel polarization monitoring scheme for polarization division multiplexed (PDM) systems is proposed. By using a tag l......

In this Letter, a method for detecting the focused beam waist of lasers is proposed by using weak measurements based on ......

The influence of the refractive index n2 of optical cement on the structure angle, field angle, and transmission of Glan......

The far-field analytical expressions for the electromagnetic fields of amplitude of vector-vortex beams having a Bessel......

Displacement sensor based on the polarization mixture and the cavity tuning of the orthogonal polarized He-Ne laser 1.15......

The reflection and transmittance of s- and p-polarized lights should be treated separately at nonzero angle incidence. B......

The exclusive carrier of photonics is photon, which is a kind of microscopic particles so that obeys the generalized Sch......

A novel method to measure the absolute phase shift on reflection of thin film is presented utilizing a white-light inter......

The depolarization behavior of backscattered linearly polarized light from ZnO thin film was investigated experimentally......

In-line synchronous modulation as a way of mitigating the signal quality degradation induced by polarization mode disper......

A large lateral shearing distance of parallel beam-splitting prism is often needed in laser modulation and polarization ......

We study the Faraday rotation of polarization of a probe field in a cold, coherently driven five-level system with an M-......

Experimental research of simultaneous tunable chromatic dispersion (CD) and adaptive polarization mode dispersion (PMD) ......

Spectral domain polarization-sensitive optical coherence tomography (SDPS-OCT) is a depth-resolved polarization-sensitiv......

An endless polarization stabilization control system is proposed in this letter. The system is independent of transmissi......

A polarization holographic grating, which integrates the functions of a grating and a wave plate and is called a diffrac......

We demonstrated a stable single-frequency, single-polarization operation of ytterbium-doped fiber laser. As a novel prac......

An interesting transition between low spatial frequency laser-induced periodic surface structure (LIPSS) and high spatia......

A setup for the generation of arbitrary vector beams is proposed. The setup mainly consists of a spatial light modulator......

We propose and simulate a method for generating a three-dimensional (3D) optical cage in the vicinity of focus by focusi......

Single scattering model and Stokes-Mueller formalism are introduced to investigate the influence of glucose on backscatt......

A polarization modulator based on splitting with a Savart plate and rotation of an analyzer for a moire system with grat......

This Letter presents a double-layer structure combining a cracked cross meta-surface and grating surface to realize arbi......

Based on elasto-optic effect theory, we present a simplified model for the fiber squeezer assisted with a piezoceramic a......

The propagation of polychromatic electromagnetic Gaussian Schell-model (EGSM) beams in free space is investigated. It is......

Axial multiple foci patterns of radially polarized hollow Gaussian beam (HGB) with radial wavefront distribution is inve......

A kind of highly birefringent quinquangular-core photonic crystal fiber (Q-PCF) structure is proposed and analyzed by fu......

In Brillouin distributed optical fiber sensor, using optical coherent detection to detect Brillouin scattering optical s......

Using numerical simulations, the nonlinear transmission performance of polarization-division-multiplexed quadrature-phas......

Monte Carlo algorithm and Stokes-Mueller formalism are used to simulate the propagation behavior of polarized light in t......

Polarization-shift keying (PolSK), which is performed based on two orthogonal polarization states, is investigated in de......

A novel fiber-optic current sensing scheme is proposed by converting the Faraday rotation to the optical signal's degre......

An experiment of adaptive polarization mode dispersion (PMD) compensation for 40-Gb/s return-to-zero (RZ) optical commun......

We present a technique and algorithm for measuring the phase retardation of a wave plate based on spectral transmission ......

A polarization Fizeau interferometer based on birefringent thin film is presented. The interferometer adopts a birefring......