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Polarization Möbius strip at the tight focus of a generalized Poincaré beam
V.V. Kotlyar 1,2, A.A. Kovalev 1,2, A.M. Telegin 2

1 Image Processing Systems Institute, NRC "Kurchatov Institute",
443001, Samara, Russia, Molodogvardeyskaya 151;
2 Samara National Research University, 443086, Samara, Russia, Moskovskoye Shosse 34

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DOI: 10.18287/2412-6179-CO-1487

Pages: 519-524.

Abstract:
Based on the Richards-Wolf formalism, we investigate tight focusing of a generalized Poincaré beam. Analytical expressions are derived for all components of the electric field strength vector in the focal plane. For superposition of a right-handed circularly polarized plane wave with a left-handed circularly polarized optical vortex with topological charge –1, we obtain expressions for the intensity distribution and the longitudinal component of the spin angular momentum vector at the tight focus. We demonstrate both theoretically and numerically that the initial beam has topological charge –1/2 and, in the center of the focal plane, there is a C-point (a point with circular polarization which makes a C-line along the optical axis) with the singularity index of –1/2 (star), whereas the vector of major axis of the polarization ellipse makes along a certain-radius circle around the optical axis a single-side polarization Möbius stripe of the order –3/2, which has three half-turnovers and one stitching, where two opposite major axis vectors of the polarization ellipse meet.

Keywords:
polarization Möbius stripe, generalized Poincaré beam, tight focusing, Richards-Wolf formulae, spin angular momentum, polarization singularity index.

Citation:
Kotlyar VV, Kovalev AA, Telegin AM. Polarization Möbius strip at the tight focus of a generalized Poincaré beam. Computer Optics 2024; 48(4): 519-524. DOI: 10.18287/2412-6179-CO-1487.

Acknowledgements:
This work was supported by the Russian Science Foundation (Project No. 22-12-00137, theory). This work was also performed within the State assignment of NRC "Kurchatov Institute" (numerical simulation).

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