Brewster cross polarization

Aiello, A.; Merano, M.; Woerdman, J. P.

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Brewster cross polarization

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Aiello, A.
Optical Quantum Information Theory, Leuchs Division, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Max Planck Society;

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Aiello, A., Merano, M., & Woerdman, J. P. (2009). Brewster cross polarization. OPTICS LETTERS, 34(8), 1207-1209.

Cite as: https://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-001M-0000-002D-6BEF-A

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We theoretically derive the polarization-resolved intensity distribution of a TM-polarized fundamental Gaussian beam reflected by an air-glass plane interface at Brewster incidence. The reflected beam has both a dominant (TM) and a cross-polarized (TM) component, carried by a TEM(10) and a TEM(01) Hermite-Gaussian spatial mode, respectively. Remarkably, we find that the TE-mode power scales quadratically with the angular spread of the incident beam and is comparable to the TM-mode power. Experimental confirmations of the theoretical results are also presented. (C) 2009 Optical Society of America