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physics.optics2026
Structured-light propagation in a medium with uniform torsion: polarization textures, geometric birefringence, and beam-resolved optical activity
Edilberto O. Silva
We investigate finite-width optical-beam propagation in a medium with uniform torsion described by the geometric theory of a continuous distribution of screw dislocations. Starting…
physics.optics2026
Geometrical optical activity induced by a continuous distribution of screw dislocations
Humberto Belich, Edilberto O. Silva
We study light propagation in a medium with uniform torsion, modeled as a continuum of screw dislocations within the geometric theory of defects. By solving Maxwell's equations in…