TY - BOOK AU - Gbur,Greg TI - Singular optics T2 - Series in optics and optoelectronics SN - 9781466580770 U1 - 535 KW - Singularities (Mathematics) N1 - "A Taylor & Francis Book."; Includes bibliographical references (pages 505-532) and index; Chapter 1. Introduction : vortices in nature -- Chapter 2. Anatomy of a vortex beam -- Chapter 3. Generic properties of phase singluarities -- Chapter 4. Generation and detection of optical vortices -- Chapter 5. Angular momentum of light -- Chapter 6. Applications of optical vortices -- Chapter 7. Polarization singularities -- Chapter 8. Singularities of the poynting vector -- Chapter 9. Coherence singularities -- Chapter 10. Singularities and vortices in quantum optics -- Chapter 11. Vortices in random wavefields -- Chapter 12. Unusual singularities and topological tricks ER -