Generation of vector bottle beams with a uniaxial crystal

• DOI: 10.1364/josab.30.000001
• Publication Date: 2012-12-10T21:17:38Z
• Authors: Vladlen G. Shvedov; Cyril Hnatovsky; Natalia Shostka; Wieslaw Krolikowski
• Keywords: Uniaxial crystal; Crystal (programming language); Gaussian beam

We demonstrate, both analytically and experimentally, that a broad class of vector bottle beams can be synthesized by passing Gaussian beam through uniaxial c-cut crystal. The polarization state shape the optical easily reconfigured tuning input crystal parameters.