Title :
Topological optics
Author :
Kumar, Vipin ; Viswanathan, Nirmal K.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Phys., Univ. of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India
Abstract :
Topological approach to study complex optical field is reported here. Fundamental topological structures lemon, star, monstar and spiral, node, saddle are experimentally realized in optical parameter fields.
Keywords :
laser beams; light polarisation; optical beam splitters; complex optical field; lemon topological structure; light polarization; monstar topological structure; node topological structure; optical parameter fields; output beam characteristics; polarizing beam splitter; saddle topological structure; spiral topological structure; star topological structure; topological optics; Optical polarization; Topology; Polarization; Poynting vector; singular optics; topology;
Conference_Titel :
Recent Advances in Photonics (WRAP), 2013 Workshop on
Conference_Location :
New Delhi
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-4864-2
DOI :
10.1109/WRAP.2013.6917667
