So I've been familiar with the basics of polarization since forever, but I recently realized circular polarization is a mystery to me. I've heard of it in conjunction with eg satellite broadcasts, but ...

Polarization, as a primary physical quantity of light, is of great interest to almost all optical sciences and technologies. Along with linear polarization detection, circular polarization (or light ...

Optical beams with radial or azimuthal polarization are of interest for applications such as particle acceleration and imaging beyond the diffraction limit, but generating such beams is not a trivial ...