Print Email Facebook Twitter Photoanisotropic polarization gratings beyond the small recording angle regime Title Photoanisotropic polarization gratings beyond the small recording angle regime Author Xu, M. De Boer, D.K.G. Van Heesch, C.M. Wachters, A.J.H. Urbach, H.P. Faculty Applied Sciences Department Imaging Science and Technology Date 2010-03-17 Abstract Polarization gratings can be realized by polarization holographic recording in photoanisotropic materials. In this paper, we study two types of polarization gratings. One is recorded with two orthogonally circularly (OC) polarized beams and the other one with two orthogonally linearly (OL) polarized beams. The interference of both cases is explored beyond the small recording angle regime. A novel method is proposed to represent the polarization states of the modulation. The diffraction by polarization gratings is studied with rigorous diffraction theory. Simulations based on the Finite Element Method are performed for both OC and OL polarization gratings at small and large recording angles. Subject diffraction gratingsholographyphotosensitive materials To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:8b6f092d-f5ff-4b36-9bae-ea4a7f9546a7 DOI https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.18.006703 Publisher Optical Society of America ISSN 1094-4087 Source http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-18-7-6703 Source Optics Express, 18 (7), 2010 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights (c) 2010 Optical Society of America Files PDF Xu_2010.pdf 1.47 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:8b6f092d-f5ff-4b36-9bae-ea4a7f9546a7/datastream/OBJ/view