Optical polarization singularities and elliptic stationary points.
Polarization singularities and elliptic stationary points (collectively, elliptic critical points) were measured experimentally via the complex Stokes field S1 + iS2, where S1 and S2 are Stokes parameters. This new, easily implemented method yielded detailed, high-resolution experimental data for all elliptic critical points. These data confirm with high precision the elliptic-field topological sign rule, loop rules, and Stokes singularity relations introduced recently.
Soskin
Marat S
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Institute of Physics, National Academy of Science of Ukraine, 46 Prospekt Nauki, Kiev-28, 03650 Ukraine. marats@vortex.kiev.ua
Denisenko
Vladimir
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Freund
Isaac
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