Structured singular light fields /

Structured singular light fields /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Otte, Eileen, author.
Imprint:	Cham : Springer, [2021]
Description:	1 online resource (xv, 170 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color).
Language:	English
Series:	Springer theses, 2190-5053 Springer theses.
Subject:	Light. Refraction. Polarization (Light) Lasers. Photonics. Quantum theory. Lasers. Light. Photonics. Polarization (Light) Quantum theory. Refraction. Electronic books. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12610940

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ISBN:	9783030637156 3030637158 9783030637149 303063714X
Notes:	"Doctorial thesis accepted by University of Münster, Münster, Germany." Includes bibliographical references. Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed March 2, 2021).
Summary:	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. .
Other form:	Printed edition: 9783030637149 Printed edition: 9783030637163 Printed edition: 9783030637170
Standard no.:	10.1007/978-3-030-63715-6

Table of Contents:

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