Controllable transmission of vector beams in dichroic medium*

Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11774286, 11374238, 11534008, 11604258, and 11574247), China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (Grant No. 2016M592771), and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, China (Grant No. xjj2018213).

Li Yun-Ke, Wang Jin-Wen, Yang Xin, Chen Yun, Chen Xi-Yuan, Cao Ming-Tao, Wei Dong, Gao Hong, Li Fu-Li
       

Atomic transition schematic diagram of the cross peak of Fg = 1 to Fe = 0 and Fg = 1 to Fe = 1: (a) hyperfine energy level diagram of the D2 line of 87Rb atoms; (b), (c) orthometric polarization; (d), (e) parallel polarization. Red arrow: pump beam; green arrow: probe beam; red globules: Rb atoms; π, σ+, σ: linear polarization, left-handed, and right-handed.