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