Helicity, polarization and Riemann-Silberstein vortices

Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2004, Pages

  Kaiser, Gerald ^a  

^a Virginia Cent for Signals and Waves   (United States)

Author keywords

C lines; Electromagnetic vortices; Helicity; Singular optics

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTROMAGNETISM; INTEGRATION; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; POLARIZATION; TOPOLOGY; VORTEX FLOW;

C-LINES; ELECTROMAGNETIC VORTICES; HELICITY; SINGULAR OPTICS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES;

EID: 2542505482     PISSN: 14644258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1464-4258/6/5/018     Document Type: Conference Paper

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