Fig. 1. Experimental setup for generating arbitrary vector beams. HWP, half-wave plate; BD, beam displacer; RAPM, right-angle prism mirror; SLM, spatial light modulator; QWP, quarter-wave plate; L, lens; P, polarizer; CCD, charge-coupled device; the inset shows the first-order helix phase map.可产生任意矢量光场的实验光路　HWP, 半波片; BD, 光束偏移器; RAPM, 直角反射棱镜; SLM, 空间光调制器; QWP, 1/4波片; L, 透镜; P, 检偏器; CCD, 电荷耦合器件; 插图表示±1阶相位

Fig. 2. Experiment results of cylindrical vector beams: (a) m = 1, ₀ = 0; (b) m = 1, ₀ = /2; (c) m = 2, ₀ = 0; (d) m = 5, ₀ = 0. The first column: intensity distributions of light fields with polarizations marked with short lines; the second and third columns: intensity distributions of light fields passing through the horizontal and vertical polarizers, respectively. 柱矢量光场的实验产生结果　(a) m = 1, ₀ = 0; (b) m = 1, ₀ = /2; (c) m = 2, ₀ = 0; (d) m = 5, ₀ = 0; 第一行为光场强度分布和偏振态分布(由短线表示);第二、三行为分别经水平和竖直方向检偏后的光场强度分布

Fig. 3. Experiment results of cylindrical vector beams with vortex phase: (a) m₁ = 2, m₂ = 0, ₀ = 0; (b) m₁ = 5, m₂ = −1, ₀ = 0. The first column: intensity and polarizations distributions of light fields; the second and third columns: intensity distributions of light field passing through the horizontal and vertical polarizers, respectively. 携带涡旋相位的柱矢量光场的实验结果　(a) m₁ = 2, m₂ = 0, ₀ = 0; (b) m₁ = 5, m₂ = −1, ₀ = 0. 第一列为光场强度分布和偏振态分布;第二、三列为分别经水平和竖直方向检偏后的光场强度分布

Fig. 4. Experiment results of fractional vector beams: (a) m = 1/2, ₀ = 0; (b) m = 3/2, ₀ = 0. The first column: intensity and polarizations distributions of light fields; the second and third columns: intensity distributions of light field passing through the horizontal and vertical polarizers, respectively. 分数阶矢量光场的实验结果　(a) m = 1/2, ₀ = 0; (b) m = 3/2, ₀ = 0. 第一列为光场强度和偏振态分布; 第二、三列为分别经水平和竖直方向检偏后的光场强度分布

Fig. 5. Experiment results of vector beams with double singularities: (a) m₁ = m₂ = 1, ₀ = 0; (b) m₁ = − m₂ = 1, ₀ = 0. The first column: intensity and polarizations distributions of light fields; the second and third columns: intensity distributions of light field passing through the horizontal and vertical polarizers, respectively. 双奇点矢量光场的实验结果　(a) m₁ = m₂ = 1, ₀ = 0; (b) m₁ = − m₂ = 1, ₀ = 0. 第一列为光场强度和偏振态分布, 第二、三列为分别经水平和竖直方向检偏后的光场强度分布

Fig. 6. Experiment results of other vector beams: (a) Double-mode vector beam; (b) vector beam with radially variant polarization distribution; (c) vector beam with azimuthally and radially variant polarization distribution. The first column: intensity distributions and polarizations of light fields; the second and third columns: intensity distributions of light fields passing through the horizontal and vertical polarizers, respectively.其他几种矢量光场的实验结果　(a) 双模矢量光场; (b) 偏振态沿径向变化矢量光场; (c) 偏振态沿角向与径向同时变化矢量光场. 第一行为光场强度分布和偏振态分布; 第二、三行为分别经水平和竖直方向检偏后的光场强度分布