RT Journal Article
T1 Non-uniformly polarized beams across their transverse profiles: an introductory study for undergraduate optics courses
A1 Piquero Sanz, Gemma María
A1 Vargas Balbuena, Javier
AB We provide a simple theoretical study of beams non-uniformly polarized across their transverse sections which can be introduced in undergraduate optics courses. In order to generate such beams we propose to use a slightly convergent (or divergent) linearly and uniformly polarized beam impinging on an anisotropic uniaxial material with the beam propagation direction along the optic axis. Analytical expressions for the Jones vector, Stokes parameters, ellipticity and azimuth at each point of the transverse section, perpendicular to the propagation direction, are obtained at the output of this system. By means of these parameters a detailed description of the state of polarization across the transverse profile is given.
PB IOP Publishing Ltd.
SN 0143-0807
YR 2004
FD 2004-11
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/50876
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/50876
LA eng
NO ©2004 IOP Publishing Ltd.One of the authors (G P) acknowledges support from project BFM2001-1356 of the Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología of Spain.
NO Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología of Spain
DS Docta Complutense
RD 10 abr 2025