2022/01/03 by Xiaoyu Weng, Weng, Xiaoyu, Miao Yu +15
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #Optical Coherence Tomography Applications #Optical Polarization and Ellipsometry #Optics (physics.optics) #Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2201.00742
openalex publication_date 2022/01/03 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Is it possible to modulate the inherent properties of a single light beam, namely amplitude, phase and polarization, simultaneously, by merely its phase? Here, we solve this scientific problem by unifying all these three properties of a single light beam using phase vectorization and phase version of Malus's law. Full-property spatial light modulator is therefore developed based on the unification of these fundament links, which enables pixel-level polarization, amplitude and phase manipulation of light beams in a real-time dynamic way. This work not only implies that the amplitude, phase and polarization of a single light beam are interconnected, but also offers a solid answer on how to modulate these three natures of a single light beam simultaneously, which will deepen our understanding about the behavior of light beam, and facilitating extensive developments in optics and relate fields.