Abstract
We report the appearance of a geometrical phase in space-variant polarization-state
manipulations. This phase is related to the classic Pancharatnam–Berry
phase. We show a method with which to calculate it and experimentally demonstrate
its effect, using subwavelength metal stripe space-variant gratings. The experiment
is based on a unique grating for converting circularly polarized light at
a wavelength of into an azimuthally polarized beam. Our experimental evidence relies
on analysis of far-field images of the resultant polarization.
© 2001 Optical Society of America
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