Highly efficient generation of arbitrary vector beams with tunable polarization, phase, and amplitude

Sheng Liu; Shuxia Qi; Yi Zhang; Peng Li; Dongjing Wu; Lei Han; Jianlin Zhao

doi:10.1364/PRJ.6.000228

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