title: Fiber amplification of radially and azimuthally polarized laser light.
abstract: The results of amplifying either radially or azimuthally polarized light with a fiber amplifier are presented. Experimental results reveal that more than 85% polarization purity can be retained at the output even with 40 dB amplification and that efficient conversion of the amplified light to linear polarization can be obtained.
authors.affiliation: Weizmann Institute of Science, Department of Physics of Complex Systems, Rehovot 76100, Israel. moti.fridman@weizmann.ac.il
authors.forename: Moti
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fridman
authors.forename: Micha
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nixon
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dubinskii
authors.forename: Asher A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Friesem
authors.forename: Nir
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Davidson