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A common-path polarization-based image-inversion interferometer

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Nelson V. Tabiryan
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Bahaa E. A. Saleh
DOI:10.1364/OE.27.005685delete
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We present a collinear, common-path image-inversion interferometer using the polarization channels of a single optical beam. Each of the channels is an imaging system of unit magnification, one positive and the other negative (inverted). Image formation is realized by means of a set of anisotropic lenses, each offering refractive power in one polarization and none in the other. The operation of the interferometer as a spatial-parity analyzer is demonstrated experimentally by separating even- and odd-order orbital angular momentum modes of an optical beam. The common-path configuration overcomes the stability issues present in conventional two-path interferometers. (C) 2019 Optical Society of America under the terms of the OSA Open Access Publishing Agreement
Keywords:
ORBITAL ANGULAR-MOMENTUM
LIGHT
INFORMATION
MICROSCOPY
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