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Achromatic Switchable Liquid-Crystal Twist-q-Plate

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A new electrically controlled photonic liquid crystal device in the form of a twist-q-plate for the generation of a given number of polarization and phase optical singularities on the wavefront of a light beam in a wide spectral range is proposed. The ability of the element to function in two modes was demonstrated experimentally: generation of a given number of singularities or generation of a Gaussian beam and application of this element in a scheme of optical tweezers. A theoretical model was developed to determine the range of controlling voltages for achromatic functioning of the proposed element.

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    E. A. Melnikova, A. L. Tolstik & D. V. Gorbach

  2. Institute of Chemistry of New Materials, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Minsk, Belarus

    V. Yu. Stanevich, I. N. Kukhta, D. S. Chepeleva, An. A. Murauski & Al. A. Muravsky

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Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 90, No. 2, pp. 338–347, March–April, 2023. https://doi.org/10.47612/0514-7506-2023-90-2-338-347

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Melnikova, E.A., Tolstik, A.L., Gorbach, D.V. et al. Achromatic Switchable Liquid-Crystal Twist-q-Plate. J Appl Spectrosc 90, 427–435 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10812-023-01550-6

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