矢量光学场：最新进展与未来展望。

Vectorial optical fields: recent advances and future prospects.

作者信息

Chen Jian, Wan Chenhao, Zhan Qiwen

机构信息

School of Optical-Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China; Department of Electro-Optics and Photonics, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH 45469, USA; School of Electronic Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, China.

Department of Electro-Optics and Photonics, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH 45469, USA; School of Optical and Electronic Information, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China.

出版信息

Sci Bull (Beijing). 2018 Jan 15;63(1):54-74. doi: 10.1016/j.scib.2017.12.014. Epub 2017 Dec 18.

DOI:10.1016/j.scib.2017.12.014

PMID:36658919

Abstract

Driven by their potential applications, vectorial optical fields with spatially inhomogeneous states of polarization within the cross section have drawn significant attention recently. This work intends to review some of the latest development of this rapidly growing field of optics and offer a general overview of the current status of this field in a few areas. Mathematical descriptions of generalized vectorial optical fields are provided along with several special examples. A time-reversal methodology for the creation of a wide variety of exotic optical focal fields with prescribed characteristics within the focal volume is presented. Recently developed methods for the generation of vectorial optical fields that utilize fiber lasers, digital lasers, vectorial optical field generator, metasurfaces or photoalignment liquid crystals are summarized. The interactions of these vectorial optical fields with various micro- and nano-structures are presented and the prospects of their potential applications are discussed. The connection of vectorial optical fields with higher dimensionality in quantum information is summarized.

摘要

受其潜在应用的驱动，横截面内具有空间非均匀偏振态的矢量光场最近引起了广泛关注。本文旨在回顾这一快速发展的光学领域的一些最新进展，并对该领域在几个方面的现状进行概述。文中给出了广义矢量光场的数学描述以及几个特殊示例。提出了一种时间反转方法，用于在焦域内创建具有规定特性的各种奇异光学焦场。总结了最近开发的利用光纤激光器、数字激光器、矢量光场发生器、超表面或光取向液晶来产生矢量光场的方法。介绍了这些矢量光场与各种微纳结构的相互作用，并讨论了其潜在应用的前景。总结了矢量光场与量子信息中高维的联系。