A new type of vector fields with hybrid states of polarization

Xi-Lin Wang; Yongnan Li; Jing Chen; Cheng-Shan Guo; Jianping Ding; Hui-Tian Wang

doi:10.1364/OE.18.010786

A new type of vector fields with hybrid states of polarization

Opt Express. 2010 May 10;18(10):10786-95. doi: 10.1364/OE.18.010786.

Authors

Xi-Lin Wang¹, Yongnan Li, Jing Chen, Cheng-Shan Guo, Jianping Ding, Hui-Tian Wang

Affiliation

¹ School of Physics and Key Laboratory of Weak Light Nonlinear Photonics, NankaiUniversity, Tianjin 300071, China.

PMID: 20588932
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.010786

Abstract

We present an idea based on Poincaré sphere and demonstrate the creation of a new type of vector fields, which have hybrid states of polarization. Such a type of hybridly polarized vector fields have completely different property from the reported scalar and vector fields. The novel vector fields are anticipated to result in new effects, phenomena, and applications.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Algorithms*
Computer Simulation
Light
Models, Theoretical*
Refractometry / methods*
Scattering, Radiation