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Photonics Research, Volume. 11, Issue 1, 121(2023)

Manipulating propagation and evolution of polarization singularities in composite Bessel-like fields

Xinglin Wang1,2, Wenxiang Yan1, Yuan Gao1, Zheng Yuan1, Zhi-Cheng Ren1, Xi-Lin Wang1, Jianping Ding1,3,4、*, and Hui-Tian Wang1
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  • 1National Laboratory of Solid Microstructures and School of Physics, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
  • 2Department of Applied Mathematics and Physics, Anhui Polytechnic University, Wuhu 241000, China
  • 3Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
  • 4Collaborative Innovation Center of Solid-State Lighting and Energy-Saving Electronics, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
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    Xinglin Wang, Wenxiang Yan, Yuan Gao, Zheng Yuan, Zhi-Cheng Ren, Xi-Lin Wang, Jianping Ding, Hui-Tian Wang, "Manipulating propagation and evolution of polarization singularities in composite Bessel-like fields," Photonics Res. 11, 121 (2023)

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    Category: Physical Optics

    Received: Jul. 21, 2022

    Accepted: Nov. 13, 2022

    Published Online: Dec. 23, 2022

    The Author Email: Jianping Ding (jpding@nju.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.1364/PRJ.470931

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