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The dynamics of modes and their states of polarizations in multimode fibers as a function of time, space, and wavelength are experimentally and theoretically investigated. The results reveal that the states of polarizations are displaced in…

We explore the potential of polarimetry as a tool for detecting and characterizing exorings. For that purpose, we have improved the publicly available photometric code Pryngles by adding the results of radiative transfer calculations that…

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Polarization is one of light's most versatile degrees of freedom for both classical and quantum applications. The ability to measure light's state of polarization and changes therein is thus essential; this is the science of polarimetry. It…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-09-16 Aaron Z. Goldberg

Bound states in the continuum in periodic photonic systems like photonic crystal slabs are proved to be accompanied by vortex polarization singularities on the photonic bands in the momentum space. The winding structures of polarization…

When polarized light is absorbed by an atom, the excited atomic system carries information about the initial polarization of light. For the light that carries an orbital angular momentum, or the twisted light, the polarization states are…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-05-18 Andrei Afanasev , Carl E. Carlson , Hao Wang

Modern dual-polarization receivers allow a radio telescope to characterize the full polarization state of incoming insterstellar radio waves. Many astronomers incorrectly consider a polarimeter to be the "backend" of the telescope. We go to…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-10-13 Timothy Robishaw , Carl Heiles

Polarization is a fundamental property of light that carries distinct and valuable information. Consequently, its precise measurement is crucial for numerous applications, including biomedical imaging, remote sensing, and optical…

We propose and experimentally demonstrate a polarization--based steganographic scheme using partially polarized vector beams. In our approach, the spatially dependent polarization structure of the optical field serves as the carrier through…

Ellipsometry techniques allow to measure polarization information of materials, requiring precise rotations of optical components with different configurations of lights and sensors. This results in cumbersome capture devices, carefully…

Graphics · Computer Science 2023-02-09 Inseung Hwang , Daniel S. Jeon , Adolfo Muñoz , Diego Gutierrez , Xin Tong , Min H. Kim

The Poincar\'e sphere is a graphical representation in a three-dimensional space for the polarization of light. Similarly, an optical element with spatially varying birefringence can be represented by a surface on a four-dimensional…

Optics · Physics 2018-02-14 Anthony Vella , Miguel A. Alonso

Polarization of light is harnessed in an abundance of classical and quantum applications. Characterizing polarization in a classical sense is done resoundingly successfully using the Stokes parameters, and numerous proposals offer new…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-10-05 Aaron Z. Goldberg , Daniel F. V. James

Birefringence, an inherent characteristic of optically anisotropic materials, is widely utilized in various imaging applications ranging from material characterizations to clinical diagnosis. Polarized light microscopy enables…

Features of complex vector light become important in any interference effects, including scattering, diffraction, and non-linear processes. Here we are investigating the role of polarization-structured light in atomic state interferometers.…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2025-10-24 Kuntal Samanta , Sphinx J. Svensson , Sonja Franke-Arnold , Niclas Westerberg

The detection of the state of polarization (SOP) of light is essential for many optical applications. However, it is a challenge for cost-effective SOP measurement due to the complexity of conventional methods and poor transferability of…

Optics · Physics 2024-01-30 Yuxuan Xiong , Ting Jiang , Hao Wu , Zheng Gao , Shaojun Zhou , Zhao Ge , Ming Tang

The orientation of a polarization vector on the Poincare sphere is defined by its position angle (PA) and ellipticity angle (EA). The radio emission from pulsars, magnetars, and fast radio bursts can be elliptically polarized, and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-09-05 M. M. McKinnon

Transmission matrix measurements of multimode fibers are now routinely performed in numerous labs, enabling control of the electric field at the distal end of the fiber and paving the way for the potential application to ultrathin medical…

Complete determination of the polarisation state of light requires at least four distinct projective measurements of the associated Stokes vector. Stability of state reconstruction, however, hinges on the condition number $\kappa$ of the…

Optics · Physics 2015-12-30 Matthew R. Foreman , Alberto Favaro , Andrea Aiello

Unification of gravity with quantum mechanics is still a terra incognita. Photon polarization measurements offer a unique window for probing the interaction between these two fundamental forces. We have revealed that non-reciprocity in the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-09-06 Hansol Noh , Paul M. Alsing , Warner A. Miller , Doyeol Ahn

According to quantum theory, two ensembles of quantum systems that are described by the same density operator are indistinguishable. For example, unpolarized light can be obtained either by an incoherent mixture of two orthogonal pure…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-09-07 Guilherme P. Temporão , Jean Pierre von der Weid

States of light encoding multiple polarizations - vector beams - offer unique capabilities in metrology and communication. However, their practical application is limited by the lack of methods for measuring many polarizations in a scalable…

Optics · Physics 2022-09-13 Davide Pierangeli , Claudio Conti