Physics – Optics
Scientific paper
2007-10-25
Optics Express 16, 695 (2008).
Physics
Optics
15 pages, 5 figures, to appear in Optics Express
Scientific paper
10.1364/OE.16.000695
We describe the evolution of a paraxial electromagnetic wave characterizing by a non-uniform polarization distribution with singularities and propagating in a weakly anisotropic medium. Our approach is based on the Stokes vector evolution equation applied to a non-uniform initial polarization field. In the case of a homogeneous medium, this equation is integrated analytically. This yields a 3-dimensional distribution of the polarization parameters containing singularities, i.e. C-lines of circular polarization and L-surfaces of linear polarization. The general theory is applied to specific examples of the unfolding of a vectorial vortex in birefringent and dichroic media.
Bliokh Konstantin Y.
Hasman Erez
Kleiner Vladimir
Niv Adi
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