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Blazed vector gratings fabricated using photosensitive polymer liquid crystals and control of polarization diffraction

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The blazed vector grating possessing antisymmetric distributions of the birefringence were fabricated by exposing the line-focused linearly polarized ultraviolet light on the photosensitive polymer liquid crystals. The polarization states of the diffraction beams can be highly and widely controlled by designing the blazed structures, and the diffraction properties were well-explained by Jones calculus.

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This research is partially supported by the Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture, under Grant No. 25289097.

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  1. Department of Electrical Engineering, Nagaoka University of Technology, Nagaoka, Niigata, 940-2188, Japan

    Hiroshi Ono, Mitsuru Kuzuwata, Tomoyuki Sasaki & Kohei Noda

  2. Department of Materials Science and Chemistry, University of Hyogo, Himeji, Hyogo, 671-2280, Japan

    Nobuhiro Kawatsuki

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Ono, H., Kuzuwata, M., Sasaki, T. et al. Blazed vector gratings fabricated using photosensitive polymer liquid crystals and control of polarization diffraction. Appl. Phys. B 114, 567–571 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-013-5561-8

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