title: Generation of a radially polarized light beam using space-variant subwavelength gratings at 1064 nm.
abstract: The generation of radially polarized beams at a wavelength of 1064 nm by the use of a polarization transformer device consisting of space-variant subwavelength gratings (SGs) is demonstrated experimentally. The SG generates a pi phase retardation between the TE and TM polarizations, acting as a half-wave plate, reflecting the polarization vector with respect to the axes of the plate. The polarization transformer is characterized by polarization analysis and by far-field measurements. The characterization results show good agreement with theory. The device is suitable for operation with Nd:YAG lasers; thus it is attractive for biological, optical tweezers, and material processing applications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Physics, The Benin School of Engineering and Computer Science, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, 91904, Israel. gilad.lerman@mail.huji.ac.il
authors.forename: Gilad M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Lerman
authors.forename: Uriel
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Levy