Diouf Mbaye, Harling Mitchell, Yessenov Murat, Hall Layton A, Abouraddy Ayman F, Toussaint Kimani C
Opt Express. 2021 Nov 8;29(23):37225-37233. doi: 10.1364/OE.436161.
We introduce the space-time (ST) vector light sheet. This unique one-dimensional ST wave packet is characterized by classical entanglement (CE), a correlation between at least two non-separable intrinsic degrees-of-freedom (DoFs), which in this case are the spatiotemporal DoFs in parallel with the spatial-polarization DoFs. We experimentally confirm that the ST vector light sheet maintains the intrinsic features of the uniformly polarized ST light sheet, such as near-diffraction-free propagation and self-healing, while also maintaining the intrinsic polarization structure of common vector beams, such as those that are radially polarized and azimuthally polarized. We also show that the vector beam structure of the ST vector light sheet is maintained in the subluminal and superluminal regimes.
我们引入了时空(ST)矢量光片。这种独特的一维ST波包具有经典纠缠(CE)的特征,即至少两个不可分离的本征自由度(DoF)之间的相关性,在这种情况下,这些自由度是与空间偏振自由度并行的时空自由度。我们通过实验证实,ST矢量光片保持了均匀偏振ST光片的固有特性,如近无衍射传播和自愈合,同时也保持了普通矢量光束的固有偏振结构,如径向偏振和角向偏振的光束。我们还表明,ST矢量光片的矢量光束结构在亚光速和超光速状态下都能保持。