title: Vector optical fields with polarization distributions similar to electric and magnetic field lines.
abstract: We present, design and generate a new kind of vector optical fields with linear polarization distributions modeling to electric and magnetic field lines. The geometric configurations of "electric charges" and "magnetic charges" can engineer the spatial structure and symmetry of polarizations of vector optical field, providing additional degrees of freedom assisting in controlling the field symmetry at the focus and allowing engineering of the field distribution at the focus to the specific applications.
authors.affiliation: MOE Key Laboratory of Weak Light Nonlinear Photonics and School of Physics, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China.
authors.forename: Yue
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.forename: Si-Min
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mao
authors.forename: Ling-Jun
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Kong
authors.forename: Yongnan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Chenghou
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tu
authors.forename: Pei
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Hui-Tian
authors.initials: HT
authors.lastname: Wang