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physics.optics2026
Geometric representation of higher-order optical modes
Claire Cisowski
An octant representation of higher-order optical modes that includes Laguerre-Gaussian and Hermite-Gaussian modes is presented. The octant picture captures the high-dimensional nat…
physics.optics2024
Towards nanophotonic optical isolation via inverse design of energy transfer in non-reciprocal media
Claire M. Cisowski, Madeline C. Waller, Robert Bennett
In this work we generalise the adjoint method of inverse design to nonreciprocal media. As a test case, we use three-dimensional topology optimization via the level-set method to o…
physics.optics2024
Theory of paraxial optical Skyrmions
Z. Ye, S. M. Barnett, S. Franke-Arnold +4
Vector light beams, characterised by a spatially varying polarisation, can exhibit localised structures reminiscent of the Skyrmions familiar from the study of magnetic media. We p…