title: A new type of vector fields with hybrid states of polarization.
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.
authors.affiliation: School of Physics and Key Laboratory of Weak Light Nonlinear Photonics, NankaiUniversity, Tianjin 300071, China.
authors.forename: Xi-Lin
authors.initials: XL
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Yongnan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Cheng-Shan
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Jianping
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ding
authors.forename: Hui-Tian
authors.initials: HT
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D003198:Computer Simulation; D008027:Light; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D012031:Refractometry / Q000379:methods*; D012542:Scattering, Radiation