Physical optics

Polarization singularities in the interference of three plane waves

N. N. Rosanov

Ioffe Institute, 194021 St. Petersburg, Russia

Abstract: Polarization singularities arising from the interference of three plane monochromatic waves with close propagation directions in a vacuum or a linear isotropic medium are studied within the framework of the quasi-optical approximation. With a special choice of linear polarization of waves, the conditions for the formation of L-lines in the cross section, where the polarization is linear, and C-points, where the polarization is circular, are determined, and analytical expressions are obtained for the location of such polarization singularities.

Keywords: polarization singularities of radiation, L-lines, C-points.

Received: 29.01.2022
Revised: 29.01.2022
Accepted: 08.02.2022

DOI: 10.21883/OS.2022.05.52436.4-22

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