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Pancharatnam Berry (PB) phase optical elements can manipulate local polarization state of light in the cross-sectional plane by addressing an additional PB phase relating to the orientation of the optical axis of the waveplate-like structure. However, chromatic aberration including spectrum-dependent retardation and diffraction efficiency limits their applications in the field of visible broadband imaging and display. In this article, the chromatic aberration of a liquid crystal (LC) PB phase lens was measured by a home-built RGB full -Stokes imaging polarimeter. The chirality conversion efficiency and depolarization at RGB wavelengths can be calculated from the measured Stokes vectors. Our experiments show that even the spectrum-dependent retar-dation exists, the measured PB phase lens has a uniform and high diffraction efficiency in the visible band. Affected by the local LC molecule, the input polarization of RGB light was rotated in varying degrees, but the focusing or defocusing manipulation to the right-or left-hand circular polarization, originated from the PB phase, results in fixed focal lengths for different colors. Our experiments show that the LC-based PB phase lens is suitable for the visible broadband applications.
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OPTICS AND LASER TECHNOLOGY
ISSN: 0030-3992
Year: 2023
Volume: 166
4 . 6
JCR@2023
4 . 6 0 0
JCR@2023
ESI Discipline: ENGINEERING;
ESI HC Threshold:35
JCR Journal Grade:1
CAS Journal Grade:2
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