The review describes general principles and characteristics of inhomogeneously polarized
paraxial optical fields and, especially, the polarization singularities (PSs). Main parameters …

Topological properties of energy flow of light are fundamentally interesting and may
introduce novel physical phenomena associated with directional light scattering and optical …

The internal energy flow in a light beam can be divided into the “orbital” and “spin” parts,
associated with the spatial and polarization degrees of freedom of light. In contrast to the …

The main idea of this review is to trace the interrelations and inter-transitions between the
basic concepts and approaches of the correlation optics (including the light coherence) and …

The redistribution of the energy flow of tightly focused ellipticity-variant vector optical fields is
presented. We theoretically design and experimentally generate this kind of ellipticity-variant …

The absorption parameters of micro-particles have been associated with the induced spin
exerted upon the particle, when embedded in a circularly polarized coherent field. The …

We study the self-action of light in a water suspension of absorbing subwavelength particles.
Due to efficient accumulation of the light energy, this medium shows distinct non-linear …

Non-spherical dielectric microparticles were suspended in a water-filled cell and exposed to
a coherent Gaussian light beam with controlled state of polarization. When the beam …

Redistributing the transverse energy flow in the focal plane of a tightly focused radially
polarized optical field is described. We develop from theory a generalized analytical model …

A model of generalized optic anisotropy of the fibrillar protein matrices has been suggested
and the method of Fourier polarimetry for the parameters of linear and circular birefringence …