Singular optics /
xviii, 545 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
- (Series in optics and optoelectronics )
Content notes : 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.
