Classical and quantum properties of cylindrically polarized states of light

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 9714-9736

  Holleczek, Annemarie ^a,b   Aiello, Andrea ^a,b   Gabriel, Christian ^a,b   Marquardt, Christoph ^a,b   Leuchs, Gerd ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR THE SCIENCE OF LIGHT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; POLARIZATION; QUANTUM OPTICS; QUANTUM THEORY;

PHASE RETARDERS; POINCARE; POLARIZATION PATTERNS; POLARIZED MODES; POLARIZED STATE; QUANTUM PROPERTIES; SPATIAL DEGREES;

LIGHT;

EID: 79955873970     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.009714     Document Type: Article

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