{"title":"Singular Electromagnetics: From Phase Singularities to Optical Skyrmions and Beyond (Adv. Phys. Res. 5/2025)","authors":"Jie Yang, Juanna Jiang, Jiafu Wang, Xuezhi Zheng","doi":"10.1002/apxr.202570011","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><b>Singular Electromagnetics</b></p><p>A vortex of twisted light beams serves as a streamline to organize and present the primary research objectives of singular electromagnetics/singular optics. As reviewed by Jiafu Wang, Xuezhi Zheng and co-workers in article number 2400083, these objectives include phase singularities in complex scalar fields, polarization singularities in complex vector fields, and 3D topological defects (specifically, four types are presented: optical skyrmions, hopfions, knots, and Möbius strips). These research objectives are well-recognized within the communities of electromagnetics, optics, photonics, metamaterials, and plasmonics, as well as acoustics, while also capturing the attention of a broader audience from other research fields or even non-research readers.\n\n <figure>\n <div><picture>\n <source></source></picture><p></p>\n </div>\n </figure></p>","PeriodicalId":100035,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Physics Research","volume":"4 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2025-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/apxr.202570011","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Advanced Physics Research","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/apxr.202570011","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Singular Electromagnetics
A vortex of twisted light beams serves as a streamline to organize and present the primary research objectives of singular electromagnetics/singular optics. As reviewed by Jiafu Wang, Xuezhi Zheng and co-workers in article number 2400083, these objectives include phase singularities in complex scalar fields, polarization singularities in complex vector fields, and 3D topological defects (specifically, four types are presented: optical skyrmions, hopfions, knots, and Möbius strips). These research objectives are well-recognized within the communities of electromagnetics, optics, photonics, metamaterials, and plasmonics, as well as acoustics, while also capturing the attention of a broader audience from other research fields or even non-research readers.