Generation of arbitrary vector vortex beams on the hybrid-order Poincaré sphere from cholesteric liquid crystals

Tiegang Lin; Ben Niu; Furong Liu; Xianglin Ye; Fan Fan; Yufang Liu

doi:10.3788/COL202523.063603

Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 23, Issue 6, 063603(2025)

Generation of arbitrary vector vortex beams on the hybrid-order Poincaré sphere from cholesteric liquid crystals

Tiegang Lin¹, Ben Niu¹, Furong Liu¹, Xianglin Ye², Fan Fan^2、*, and Yufang Liu^1、**

¹Henan Key Laboratory of Infrared Spectrum Measures and Applications, School of Physics, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang 453007, China

²Key Laboratory for Micro/Nano Optoelectronic Devices of Ministry of Education & Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Low-Dimensional Structural Physics and Devices, School of Physics and Electronics, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China

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Tiegang Lin, Ben Niu, Furong Liu, Xianglin Ye, Fan Fan, Yufang Liu, "Generation of arbitrary vector vortex beams on the hybrid-order Poincaré sphere from cholesteric liquid crystals," Chin. Opt. Lett. 23, 063603 (2025)

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