title: Polarization Talbot self-imaging with computer-generated, space-variant subwavelength dielectric gratings.
abstract: Self-imaging of a periodic space-variant polarized field is demonstrated. The field is created by use of space-variant subwavelength dielectric gratings. Our observations include self-imaging of the fields at the Talbot planes as well as the translation of incident polarization variation into intensity modulation at certain planes. We demonstrate the formation of a one-dimensional nondiffracting beam with uniform intensity and a nontrivial polarization structure.
authors.affiliation: Optical Engineering Laboratory, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa.
authors.forename: Ze'ev
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Bomzon
authors.forename: Avi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Niv
authors.forename: Gabriel
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Biener
authors.forename: Vladimir
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kleiner
authors.forename: Erez
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hasman