• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 15, Issue 3, 030004 (2017)
Guadalupe López-Morales1,*, Victor-Manuel Rico-Botero1, Rafael Espinosa-Luna1, and Qiwen Zhan2
Author Affiliations
  • 1GIPYS Laboratory, Centro de Investigaciones en Óptica, A. C., León, Gto 37150, México
  • 2Department of Electro-Optics and Photonics, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH 45469, USA
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    Guadalupe López-Morales, Victor-Manuel Rico-Botero, Rafael Espinosa-Luna, Qiwen Zhan, "Refractive index measurement of dielectric samples using highly focused radially polarized light (Invited Paper)," Chin. Opt. Lett. 15, 030004 (2017) Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    In this Letter, a refractive index measurement of a dielectric sample using highly focused radially polarized light is reported. Through imaging analysis of the optical field at the pupil plane of a high numerical aperture (NA) objective lens reflected by the sample under study, the Brewster angle is found. Employing a high NA objective lens allows the measurement of multiple angles of incidence from 0° to 64° in a single shot. The refractive index of the sample is estimated using the measured Brewster angle. The experimental results are compared with the theoretical images computed with the Fresnel theory, and a good agreement is obtained.
    tan(θB)=n2n1,(1)

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    NA=sin(θmax).(2)

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    Epi=Ei·r^,(3a)

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    Esi=EiEpir^.(3b)

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    Epr=rpEpi,(4a)

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    Esr=rsEsi.(4b)

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    Guadalupe López-Morales, Victor-Manuel Rico-Botero, Rafael Espinosa-Luna, Qiwen Zhan, "Refractive index measurement of dielectric samples using highly focused radially polarized light (Invited Paper)," Chin. Opt. Lett. 15, 030004 (2017)
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