Multiple rings formation in cascaded conical refraction

Turpin, A. , Loiko, Y. V., Kalkandjiev, T. K. and Mompart, J. (2013) Multiple rings formation in cascaded conical refraction. Optics Letters, 38(9), pp. 1455-1457. (doi: 10.1364/OL.38.001455) (PMID:23632516)

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Abstract

When a light beam passes through a cascade of biaxial crystals (BCs) with aligned optic axes, the resulting transverse intensity pattern consists of multiple concentric rings. We provide a simple formulation for the pattern formation for both circularly and linearly polarized input beams, that could be applied for a cascade of an arbitrary number of BCs. We have experimentally investigated multiple ring formation with up to three cascade BCs, showing that the theoretical formulation is in full agreement with the experimental results.

Item Type:Articles
Status:Published
Refereed:Yes
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID:Turpin, Dr Alejandro
Authors: Turpin, A., Loiko, Y. V., Kalkandjiev, T. K., and Mompart, J.
College/School:College of Science and Engineering > School of Computing Science
College of Science and Engineering > School of Physics and Astronomy
Journal Name:Optics Letters
Publisher:Optical Society of America
ISSN:0146-9592
ISSN (Online):1539-4794
Published Online:01 April 2013

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