• Photonics Research
  • Vol. 7, Issue 6, 705 (2019)
Guan-Lin Zhang1, Chenghou Tu1, Yongnan Li1、2, and Hui-Tian Wang3、4、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1MOE Key Laboratory of Weak Light Nonlinear Photonics and School of Physics, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
  • 2e-mail: liyongnan@nankai.edu.cn
  • 3National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures and School of Physics, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
  • 4Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
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    DOI: 10.1364/PRJ.7.000705 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Guan-Lin Zhang, Chenghou Tu, Yongnan Li, Hui-Tian Wang. Observation of polarization topological singular lines[J]. Photonics Research, 2019, 7(6): 705 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    We have theoretically designed and experimentally observed free-space propagation of topological singular lines of cylindrical vector optical fields with non-integer topological charges. The polarization singular lines are due to the orientation uncertainty of the polarization states, caused by non-integer topological charges. The results reveal that during propagation, evolution of the polarization singular lines results in the special intensity pattern, distribution of polarization states, and chains of polarization singularities. We have also proposed a method to generate triple straight and spiral singular lines, which may contribute to the research of complex optical fields.
    E(r,φ)=2A01+τ2[τexp(jmφ)e^R+exp(+jmφ)e^L],(1)

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    H(x,y)=12+241+τ2[τcos(2πf0xδ)+cos(2πf0y+δ)],(2)

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    Guan-Lin Zhang, Chenghou Tu, Yongnan Li, Hui-Tian Wang. Observation of polarization topological singular lines[J]. Photonics Research, 2019, 7(6): 705
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