This book deals with theoretical bases of the modern optics division concerned with
coherent light fields with singularities characterized by phase uncertainty. Singular light …

Chiral interactions are prevalent in nature, driving a variety of biochemical processes.
Discerning the two non-superimposable mirror images of a chiral molecule, known as …

Light contains both spin and orbital angular momentum. Despite contributing equally to the
total photonic angular momentum, these components derive from quite different parts of the …

Circular dichroism and optical rotation are crucial for the characterization of chiral molecules
and are of importance to the study of pharmaceutical drugs, proteins, DNA, and many others …

We propose vector modes based on inhomogeneously polarized Hermite–Gaussian (HG)
vector beams, providing complete structural conservation of the beams during propagation …

In a recent experiment, Schmiegelow et al.[Nat. Commun. 7, 12998 (2016) 2041-1723
10.1038/ncomms12998] investigated the magnetic sublevel population of Ca+ ions in a …

Classical structured light with controlled polarization and orbital angular momentum (OAM)
of electromagnetic waves has varied applications in optical trap**, bio-sensing, optical …

Structured light, also known as tailored light, shaped light, sculpted light, or custom light,
refers to a series of special light beams with spatially variant amplitudes and phases …

Airy transform of Laguerre-Gaussian (LG) beams is investigated. As typical examples, the
analytic expressions for the Airy transform of LG_01, LG_02, LG_11, and LG_12 modes are …

The symmetry of achiral metasurfaces suggests selective absorption is nonexistent when
irradiated either by circularly polarized Gaussian or twisted light beams carrying orbital …