An all-fiber device for generating radially and other polarized light beams

Radially polarized beams are beams for which the electric vector is radially distributed along the beam axis. Such beams are interesting for applications in which a total symmetry of the electric field is required. In this paper we propose an all-fiber method allowing the generation of radially, azimuthally, and hybrid polarized light beams in a rapid and simple way. (C) 2002 Published by Elsevier Science B.V.