One of the important properties of an optical wavefront is the transverse field distribution of
the beam, that is, the distribution of its amplitude and phase as well as its polarization state …

We present an idea to generate an arbitrary space-variant vector beam with structured
polarization and phase distributions. The vector beams are synthesized from the left-and …

Recently introduced global parameters for describing the polarization of a beam are used to
characterize spirally polarized fields, which include as particular cases azimuthally and …

We analyze the phase behavior of strongly focused, radially polarized electromagnetic
fields. It is shown that, under certain circumstances, the spacing between successive …

We study the tight-focusing properties of spatially variant vector optical fields with elliptical
symmetry of linear polarization. We found the eccentricity of the incident polarized light to be …

Axially symmetric half-wave plates have been used to generate radially polarized beams
that have constant phase in the plane transverse to propagation. However, since the …

This chapter focuses on emerging aspects of polarization optics that bring new impetus to
established principles and proven technologies. It first reviews the formalism of polarization …

We introduce an effective optical system to produce optical beams with arbitrary,
inhomogeneous polarization states. Using our system, we are capable of generating vector …

We describe an extremely versatile method that permits the accurate generation of arbitrary
complex vector wave fields. We implement the scheme using a reconfigurable binary optical …

The conversion between different polarizations generally requires an optical element or an
optical system. We demonstrate, theoretically and experimentally, that the conversion …