Optical activity is conventionally understood as a natural difference in the optical responses
of chiral materials with opposite handedness. It stems from the quantised spin angular …

Polarization singularities are superpositions of orbital angular momentum (OAM) states in
orthogonal circular polarization basis. The intrinsic OAM of light beams arises due to the …

A chemical reaction is a process that leads to the chemical transformation of one set of
chemical substances to another. However, the precise and real-time detection of the …

Polarization singularities are superpositions of orbital angular momentum (OAM) states in
orthogonal circular polarization basis. The intrinsic OAM of light beams arises due to the …

Orbital angular momentum (OAM), one of the most recently discovered degrees of freedom
of light beam field has fundamentally revolutionized optical physics and its technological …

Raman optical activity underpins a powerful vibrational spectroscopic technique for
obtaining detailed structural information about chiral molecular species. The effect centers …

Recently, a variety of mechanisms have been discovered that extend the range of optical
techniques for identifying and characterizing molecular chirality, beyond those associated …

Optical vortices are beams of laser light with screw symmetry in their wavefront. With a
corresponding azimuthal dependence in optical phase, they convey orbital angular …

Stokes phase is the phase difference between orthogonal component states in the
decomposition of any polarization state. Phase singularities in the Stokes phase distribution …

There is recurrent interest in the orbital angular momentum (OAM) conveyed by optical
vortices, which are structured beams with a helically twisted wave front. Particular …