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- URN to cite this document:
- urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-25855
- DOI to cite this document:
- 10.5283/epub.2585
Abstract
Optical vortices (nodal lines and phase singularities) are the generic singularities of scalar optics but are unstable in vector optics. We investigate experimentally and theoretically the unfolding of a uniformly polarized optical vortex beam on propagation through a birefringent crystal and characterize the output field in terms of polarization singularities (C lines and points of circular ...

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