Holographic liquid crystal polarization grating with Fabry-Perot structure

Opt Lett. 2016 Mar 15;41(6):1098-101. doi: 10.1364/OL.41.001098.

Abstract

A holographic liquid crystal polarization grating with a Fabry-Perot structure was developed. Because of its resonant structure, the device offers high levels of control of the diffraction properties of incident-polarized light beams, depending on the resonance conditions. The diffracted light beams are emitted in both the reflection and transmission directions, and the device thus works as a multibranch polarization grating with double optical paths, unlike a conventional polarization grating. These device features were experimentally demonstrated and were also explained theoretically.