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Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2012

Filed:

Jul. 07, 2009
Applicants:

Robert R Alfano, Bronx, NY (US);

Xin Chen, Corning, NY (US);

Joohyun Koh, Painted Post, NY (US);

Ming-jun LI, Horseheads, NY (US);

Daniel Aloysius Nolan, Corning, NY (US);

Henry Sztul, New York, NY (US);

Inventors:

Robert R Alfano, Bronx, NY (US);

Xin Chen, Corning, NY (US);

Joohyun Koh, Painted Post, NY (US);

Ming-Jun Li, Horseheads, NY (US);

Daniel Aloysius Nolan, Corning, NY (US);

Henry Sztul, New York, NY (US);

Assignee:

Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/26 (2006.01); G01N 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Generation of a cylindrically polarized light beam, and in particular, a hybrid-azimuthal-radial polarization beams, called HARP modes, generated from an input linearly polarized Gaussian beam using a spun optical waveguide device is taught. The HARP modes are comprised of hybrid-azimuthal polarization (HAP) and hybrid-radial polarization (HRP) superposition modes. These beams possess a non-zero local angular momentum density that is spatially varying and a zero total angular momentum.


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