Optical M\"{o}bius Singularities
Optics
2008-12-18 v1
Abstract
M\"{o}bius strips with one, two, three, and four, half-twists are shown to be generic features of three-dimensional (nonparaxial) elliptically polarized light. The geometry and topology of these unusual singularities is described and the multitude of winding numbers that characterize their structures is enumerated; probabilities for the appearance of different configurations are presented.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0812.3263,
title = {Optical M\"{o}bius Singularities},
author = {Isaac Freund},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0812.3263},
year = {2008}
}