Singular optics /
Gregory J. Gbur.
- xviii, 545 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
- Series in optics and optoelectronics .
- Series in optics and optoelectronics (CRC Press) .
"A Taylor & Francis Book."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 505-532) and index.
Chapter 1. Introduction : vortices in nature -- Chapter 2. Anatomy of a vortex beam -- Chapter 3. Generic properties of phase singluarities -- Chapter 4. Generation and detection of optical vortices -- Chapter 5. Angular momentum of light -- Chapter 6. Applications of optical vortices -- Chapter 7. Polarization singularities -- Chapter 8. Singularities of the poynting vector -- Chapter 9. Coherence singularities -- Chapter 10. Singularities and vortices in quantum optics -- Chapter 11. Vortices in random wavefields -- Chapter 12. Unusual singularities and topological tricks.