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Basis independent tomography of complex vectorial light fields by Stokes projections
- Source :
- Phys. Rev. A 100, 063842 (2019)
- Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- Complex vectorial light fields, non-separable in their polarization and spatial degree of freedom, are of relevance in a wide variety of fields encompassing microscopy, metrology, communication and topological studies. Controversially, they have been suggested as analogues to quantum entanglement, raising fundamental questions on the relation between non-separability in classical systems, and entanglement in quantum systems. Here we propose and demonstrate basis-independent tomography of arbitrary vectorial light fields by relating their concurrence to spatially resolved Stokes projections. We generate vector fields with controllable non-separability using a novel compact interferometer that incorporates a digital micro-mirror device (DMD), thus offering a holistic toolbox for the generation and quantitative analysis of arbitrary vectorial light fields.
- Subjects :
- Physics - Optics
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Details
- Database :
- arXiv
- Journal :
- Phys. Rev. A 100, 063842 (2019)
- Publication Type :
- Report
- Accession number :
- edsarx.1902.07988
- Document Type :
- Working Paper
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.100.063842