Abstract
We theoretically and experimentally present hybridly polarized vector optical fields (HP-VOFs) with elliptic symmetry in an elliptic coordinate system. Compared with the traditional cylindrical HP-VOFs, there is an additional degree of freedom for this new kind of vector optical field, which is the interval between the two foci in the elliptic coordinate system. Except for discussing the singularities of the HP-VOFs, we concentrate on studying the energy transfer of the tightly focused HP-VOFs with elliptic symmetry in free space. We summarize the rules of the energy transfer and introduce a reference optical field to explain them. We hope these results can provide a new way to flexibly modulate tightly focused fields, which may be applied in realms such as optical machining, optical trapping, and information transmission.
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