Light field regulation based on polarization holography

Zheng Shujun; Lin Xiao; Huang Zhiyun; Huang Lu; Zhang Yuanying; Yang Yi; Tan Xiaodi

doi:10.12086/oee.2022.220114

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Zheng S J, Lin X, Huang Z Y, et al. Light field regulation based on polarization holography[J]. Opto-Electron Eng, 2022, 49(11): 220114. doi: 10.12086/oee.2022.220114

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Zheng S J, Lin X, Huang Z Y, et al. Light field regulation based on polarization holography[J]. Opto-Electron Eng, 2022, 49(11): 220114. doi: 10.12086/oee.2022.220114

Light field regulation based on polarization holography

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Information Photonics Research Center, College of Photonic and Electronic Engineering, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350117, China
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Key Laboratory of Opto-Electronic Science and Technology for Medicine of Ministry of Education, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Photonics Technology, Fujian Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center of Photoelectric Sensing Application, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350117, China

Fund Project: National Key Research and Development Program of China (2018YFA0701800) and Fujian Province Major Science and Technology (2020HZ01012)

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Corresponding author: xiaolin@fjnu.edu.cn

Received Date 06 June 2022

Revised Date 29 August 2022

Accepted Date 05 September 2022

Available Online 08 November 2022

Published Date 25 November 2022

Abstract

Abstract

Polarization holography has important application prospects in the field of data storage and polarized light imaging due to its ability to record amplitude, phase and polarization information. In addition, it also has the ability to regulate light fields, which can regulate special light fields with helical phase distribution and spatial polarization distribution. Such special light fields have broad application prospects in the fields of optical communication, particle manipulation, photon entanglement, etc. There is also a lot of research focused on how to generate such beams. The latest research progress in preparing vector beams, scalar vortex beams, and vector vortex beams by using polarization holography is introduced in this paper. The light field regulation method based on polarization holography has the advantages of a simple fabrication process, the small size of the optical system and low production cost, which provides a new idea for the manufacture of special light fields.
- polarization holography /
- light field regulation /
- vector vortex /
- vector light field /
- optical vortex

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Overview

Overview

Polarization holography has important application prospects in the field of data storage and polarized light imaging due to its ability to record amplitude, phase, and polarization information. In addition, it also has the ability to regulate light fields, which can regulate special light fields with helical phase distribution and spatial polarization distribution. Such special light fields have broad application prospects in the fields of optical communication, particle manipulation, photon entanglement, etc. There is also a lot of researches focused on how to generate such beams, such as helical phase plates, mode conversion, spatial light modulators, etc. However, the traditional method requires the construction of a relatively large optical system, which limits its application in fields such as integrated optics. The introduction of the beam preparation method of polarization holography can reduce the volume of the optical system to a certain extent. At the same time, the use of polarization-sensitive materials with the ability to record multi-dimensional information greatly reduces the cost on the one hand. On the other hand, it is easy to operate during the preparation process, which is expected to be an ideal material for beam preparation to some extent. Based on the introduction of the principle of faithful reconstruction of any polarization state by polarization holography, this paper reviews the research progress of generating vector beams, scalar vortex beams, and vector vortex beams based on polarization holography in the past two years. Faithful reconstruction for any polarization state refers to under the incident into the polarization-sensitive material at 90 degrees interference angle between the signal and reference waves, the recording and reading waves are p-polarized and the reconstruction wave can be reconstructed correctly. Phenanthrenequinone-doped polymethyl methacrylate photopolymer (PQ/PMMA) is used as a recording material in the experiment. First, the single control ability of polarization holography in polarization and phase is demonstrated respectively, and then the ability of polarization holography to control both polarization and phase at the same time is further introduced. Based on the characteristics of polarization holography, the signal optical path is regulated, and the vector beam, scalar vortex beam, and vector vortex beam are generated by setting the initial azimuth angle of the rotating components and adjusting their relative rotational angular velocity under dynamic exposure. In the fabrication process, the desired beam can be generated by simply controlling the parameters of some devices. Finally, the ability and prospect of generating special light fields based on polarization holography are briefly summarized and discussed.