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Record Nr.

UNINA9910483087603321

Autore

Otte Eileen

Titolo

Structured Singular Light Fields / / by Eileen Otte

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2021

ISBN

3-030-63715-8

Edizione

[1st ed. 2021.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XV, 170 p. 63 illus., 60 illus. in color.)

Collana

Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research, , 2190-5061

Disciplina

535

Soggetti

Optics

Photonics

Quantum entanglement

Geometrical optics

Wave theory of light

Optics and Photonics

Topological effects in photonic systems

Quantum Correlation and Entanglement

Classical Optics, Geometric and Wave optics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Introduction and Outline -- Vectorial light fields and singularities in 3d space -- Non-paraxial 3d polarization in 4d light fields -- Entanglement in classical light -- Bibliography.

Sommario/riassunto

Structured singular light is an ubiquitous phenomenon. It is not only created when light refracts at a water surface but can also be found in the blue daytime sky. Such light fields include a spatially varying amplitude, phase, or polarization, enabling the occurrence of optical singularities. As structurally stable units of the light field, these singularities are particularly interesting since they determine its topology. In this excellent book, the author presents a pioneering study of structured singular light, thereby contributing many original approaches. Especially in the field of polarization and its rich number of different types of singularities the book defines and drives a completely new field. The work demonstrates how to control complex



polarization singularity networks and their propagation. Additionally, the author pioneers tightly focusing vectorial beams, also developing an urgently needed detection scheme for three-dimensional nanoscale polarization structures. She also studies classical spatial entanglement using structured light, introducing entanglement beating and paraxial spin-orbit-coupling. The book is hallmarked by its comprehensive and thorough way of describing a plethora of different approaches to structure light by amplitude, phase and polarization, as well as the important role of optical singularities. .