Singularities in Physics and Engineering

Second Edition

Paramasivam Senthilkumaran (Indian Institute of Technology Delhi)

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English

Institute of Physics Publishing
25 January 2024

Light (optics); Communications engineering & telecommunications

Series: IOP ebooks

Singularities are ubiquitous in nature and generate high levels of interest and activity among scientists. At a singularity, a parameter of interest becomes indeterminate, a single point at which a mathematical quantity is not defined or not ‘well behaved’. In optics, a singularity refers to a point at which some parameter describing the electromagnetic field becomes indeterminate. Even though at the singular point, things are not well defined, the neighbourhood points of a singularity are characterized by very large gradients and hence there is significant scope for new discoveries. Recent advances have gathered pace, and interest continues to grow in this field, and with its applications.

Key Features:

Simple presentation suitable for beginners. Extensive coverage of the field suitable for experts. Comprehensive literature survey. A key reference book for academics and industry experts working within the field.

By: Paramasivam Senthilkumaran (Indian Institute of Technology Delhi)
Imprint: Institute of Physics Publishing
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: 2nd edition
Dimensions: Height: 254mm, Width: 178mm,
ISBN: 9780750349802
ISBN 10: 0750349808
Series: IOP ebooks
Pages: 316
Publication Date: 25 January 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. Preface 2. Chapter 1 - Introduction 3. Chapter 2 - Topological Features (with recent developments) 4. Chapter 3 - Generation and Detection methods (with recent developments, including new generation methods based on meta-materials) 5. Chapter 4 - Propagation Characteristics 6. Chapter 5 - Internal Energy flows 7. Chapter 6 - Vortices in computational Optics 8. Chapter 7 - Angular momentum of light 9. Chapter 8 – Applications 10. Chapter 9 - Polarization singularities (with recent developments) 11. Chapter 10 – Stokes Singularities 12. Applications (with recent developments) 13. Structured Light

Paramasivam Senthilkumaran is currently working as a professor in the Physics Department at the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi. He is also heading Optics and Photonics Centre at Indian Institute of Technology Delhi. He was a senior project officer and received his PhD from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras in 1995. He was a recipient of the Young Scientist Award from the Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi, and Alexander von Humboldt fellowship, Germany, in 1997 and 2001 respectively. Senthilkumaran has been teaching undergraduate and postgraduate courses on a variety of subjects including basic physics, electromagnetic theory, optics and lasers, Fourier optics and holography. His research interests include optical beam shaping, optical phase singularities, Berry and Pancharatnam topological phases, fiber optics, holography, non-destructive testing techniques, shear interferometry, Talbot interferometry, speckle metrology and non-linear optics. He has authored/coauthored more than 150 research publications, has more than 15 years of experience researching singularities in optics, and has supervised sixteen doctoral theses.

Reviews for Singularities in Physics and Engineering (Second Edition)

This book aims to introduce the rapidly expanding field of singular optics, notably phase and polarization singularities. Throughout the book, Senthilkumaran presents an explanation of structured optical fields with localized and extended singularities and discusses vortices which carry angular momentum at a level thatrequires minimal mathematics and numerical modeling techniques. Experimenters working in holography, interferometry, metrology, diffractive optics and polarization optics will all benefit from the broad perspective given on this subject and the numerous illustrations. This book targets readers who know physics but aren’t familiar with optical phase singularities and want a thorough introduction to the topic. Christian Brosseau, Optica, 29 February 2024 -- Christian Brosseau * OPTICA *