Singular polarimetry: Evolution of polarization singularities in electromagnetic waves propagating in a weakly anisotropic medium

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 695-709

  Bliokh, Konstantin Yu ^a,b,c   Niv, Avi ^a   Kleiner, Vladimir ^a   Hasman, Erez ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b INSTITUTE OF RADIO ASTRONOMY   (Ukraine)

^c Amcrys Ltd   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BIREFRINGENCE; POLARIMETERS; POLARIZATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ANISOTROPIC MEDIUM; DICHROIC MEDIA; POLARIZATION DISTRIBUTION; STOKES VECTOR EVOLUTION EQUATION; VECTORIAL VORTEX;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; METHODOLOGY; RADIOMETRY; REFRACTOMETRY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANISOTROPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RADIOMETRY; REFRACTOMETRY;

EID: 38549129720     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.000695     Document Type: Article

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