Wang Xi-Lin, Ding Jianping, Ni Wei-Jiang, Guo Cheng-Shan, Wang Hui-Tian
National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures and Department of Physics, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China.
Opt Lett. 2007 Dec 15;32(24):3549-51. doi: 10.1364/ol.32.003549.
We describe a convenient approach for generating arbitrary vector beams in a 4-f system with a spatial light modulator (SLM) and a common path interferometric arrangement. A computer-generated hologram is introduced onto SLM for performing the beam conversion. Optical realization of a variety of polarization configurations confirms the reliability and flexibility of our method.