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. 2016 May 20;116(20):205001.
doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.205001. Epub 2016 May 18.

High Power Dynamic Polarization Control Using Plasma Photonics

D Turnbull  1 , P Michel  1 , T Chapman  1 , E Tubman  2 , B B Pollock  1 , C Y Chen  3 , C Goyon  1 , J S Ross  1 , L Divol  1 , N Woolsey  2 , J D Moody  1
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High Power Dynamic Polarization Control Using Plasma Photonics

D Turnbull et al. Phys Rev Lett. .

Abstract

We report the first experimental demonstration of a plasma wave plate based on laser-induced birefringence. An elliptically polarized input was converted into a nearly ideal circularly polarized beam using an optical system composed of a second laser beam and a plasma. The results are in excellent agreement with linear theory and three-dimensional simulations up to phase delays exceeding π/4, thus establishing the feasibility of laser-plasma photonic devices that are ultrafast, damage-resistant, and easily tunable.

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