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Optica Publishing Group
  • Current Optics and Photonics
  • Vol. 1,
  • Issue 2,
  • pp. 85-89
  • (2017)

Generation of U and P Singularities in Partially Coherent Beams Using Intensity Control

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Abstract

It is shown that polarization singularities of a new type, namely U and P singularities, arise at the transverse cross section of a partially coherent beam, instead of the common singularities such as C points and L lines in a completely coherent vector field. A relationship between the two kind of singularities with respect to intensity is proposed. We also present a setup that can generate the new singularities, and any desired distribution of degree of polarization, using intensity control.

© 2017 Optical Society of Korea

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