Fresnel and Fraunhofer diffraction of a Gaussian beam with several polarization singularities

Alongside phase singularities (optical vortices), there may be light fields with polarization singularities (PS), i.e. isolated intensity nulls with radial, azimuthal, or radial-azimuthal polarization around them. Here, we study Gaussian beams with several arbitrarily located PS. An analytic express...

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Main Authors: Alexey Kovalev, Victor Kotlyar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Samara National Research University 2018-04-01
Series:Компьютерная оптика
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Online Access:http://www.computeroptics.smr.ru/KO/PDF/KO42-2/420201.pdf