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Fabrication of ideal geometric-phase holograms with arbitrary wavefronts

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OPTICA
卷 2, 期 11, 页码 958-964

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OPTICAL SOC AMER
DOI: 10.1364/OPTICA.2.000958

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  1. ImagineOptix Corporation
  2. National Science Foundation (NSF) [NSF PECASE ECCS-0955127]
  3. Div Of Electrical, Commun & Cyber Sys
  4. Directorate For Engineering [0955127] Funding Source: National Science Foundation

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Throughout optics and photonics, phase is normally controlled via an optical path difference. Although much less common, an alternative means for phase control exists: a geometric phase (GP) shift occurring when a light wave is transformed through one parameter space, e.g., polarization, in such a way as to create a change in a second parameter, e.g., phase. In thin films and surfaces where only the GP varies spatially-which may be called GP holograms (GPHs)-the phase profile of nearly any (physical or virtual) object can in principle be embodied as an inhomogeneous anisotropy manifesting exceptional diffraction and polarization behavior. Pure GP elements have had poor efficiency and utility up to now, except in isolated cases, due to the lack of fabrication techniques producing elements with an arbitrary spatially varying GP shift at visible and near-infrared wavelengths. Here, we describe two methods to create high-fidelity GPHs, one interferometric and another direct-write, capable of recording the wavefront of nearly any physical or virtual object. We employ photoaligned liquid crystals to record the patterns as an inhomogeneous optical axis profile in thin films with a few mu m thickness. We report on eight representative examples, including a GP lens with F/2.3 (at 633 nm) and 99% diffraction efficiency across visible wavelengths, and several GP vortex phase plates with excellent modal purity and remarkably small central defect size (e.g., 0.7 and 7 mu m for topological charges of 1 and 8, respectively). We also report on a GP Fourier hologram, a fan-out grid with dozens of far-field spots, and an elaborate phase profile, which showed excellent fidelity and very low leakage wave transmittance and haze. Together, these techniques are the first practical bases for arbitrary GPHs with essentially no loss, high phase gradients (similar to rad/mu m), novel polarization functionality, and broadband behavior. (C) 2015 Optical Society of America

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