Year: 2008
Type: preprint
Abstract: Möbius strips with one, two, three, and four, half-twists are shown to be generic features of three-dimensional (nonparaxial) elliptically polarized light. The geometry and topology of these unusual singularities is described and the multitude of winding numbers that characterize their structures is enumerated; probabilities for the appearance of different configurations are presented.
Source: arXiv (Cornell University)
Author: Freund, Isaac
Language: English
Subfield: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1922855804