Polarization singularities and orbital angular momentum sidebands from rotational symmetry broken by the Pockels

Xiancong Lu1, Ziwen Wu2, Wuhong Zhang2

  • 11] Department of Physics and Laboratory of Nanoscale Condensed Matter Physics, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China [2] Institute of Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China.

Scientific Reports
|May 3, 2014
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