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Polarization singularities in isotropic random vector waves
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Following Nye & Hajnal, we explore the geometry of complex vector waves by regarding them as a field of polarization ellipses. Singularities of this field are the C lines and L lines, where the polarization is purely circular and purely linear, respectively. The singularities can be reinterpreted as loci of photon spin 1 (C lines) and 0 (L lines). For Gaussian random superpositions of plane waves equidistributed in direction but with an arbitrary frequency spectrum, we calculate the density (length per unit volume) of C and L lines.
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- Authors
- Berry, M. V., & Dennis, M. R.
- Venue
- Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
- Publisher
- The Royal Society
- Published
- 2001-01-08
- Volume
- 457
- Issue
- 2005
- Pages
- 141-155
- ISSN
- 1364-5021 (ISSN-L)
- 1471-2946
- OpenAlex
- W2097693105
- Cited by
- 325
- References
- 2
- FWCI
- 9.55
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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