Integrated optics is a system of light-controlling components combined into a single device. The ultimate aim is to create miniature optical circuits similar to the silicon chips that have ...

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Abstract: Vortex retarders are optical retarders with a uniform retardance and fast axis orientation that varies azimuthally, which generates a Laguerre-Gaussian beam. Their spectropolarimetric ...