title: Light-induced magnetic vortices.
abstract: I propose to use optical waves exhibiting spatially inhomogeneous polarization or phase singularities to imprint magnetic vortices in a medium exhibiting the inverse Faraday effect. It is suggested that a two-beam configuration would allow one to design tailored magnetization distributions with or without a phase singularity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway. Lars.Helseth@ift.uib.no
authors.forename: Lars Egil
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Helseth