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Topological bimeronic beams

Topological bimeronic beams
Topological bimeronic beams

This Letter proposes a family of structured light, called bimeronic beams, that characterize topological structures of bimeron (the quasiparticle homeomorphic to skyrmion). The polarization Stokes vectors of bimeronic beams emulate bimeron structures, which are reconfigurable to form various topological textures by tuning mode parameters. The bimeronic beams unveil a mechanism to transform diverse topological states of light, similar to the skyrmionic transformations among Néel, Bloch, and anti-skyrmion types. Moreover, bimeronic transformations are more generalized to include skyrmionic transformations as special cases.

0146-9592
3737-3740
Shen, Yijie
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Shen, Yijie
42410cf7-8adb-4de6-9175-a1332245c368

Shen, Yijie (2021) Topological bimeronic beams. Optics Letters, 46 (15), 3737-3740. (doi:10.1364/OL.431122).

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This Letter proposes a family of structured light, called bimeronic beams, that characterize topological structures of bimeron (the quasiparticle homeomorphic to skyrmion). The polarization Stokes vectors of bimeronic beams emulate bimeron structures, which are reconfigurable to form various topological textures by tuning mode parameters. The bimeronic beams unveil a mechanism to transform diverse topological states of light, similar to the skyrmionic transformations among Néel, Bloch, and anti-skyrmion types. Moreover, bimeronic transformations are more generalized to include skyrmionic transformations as special cases.

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Accepted/In Press date: 29 June 2021
Published date: 1 August 2021
Additional Information: Publisher Copyright: © 2021 Optical Society of America

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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/450479
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Date deposited: 29 Jul 2021 16:31
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