Skyrmion number in superposed vortex beams equals max(ℓ2, ℓ1) under small perturbations rather than ℓ2 - ℓ1.
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The spin field around an optical vortex core is a non-diffracting meronic defect: a point of zero spin wrapped by a half-sphere spin texture, shrinkable below the wavelength.
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Unfolding unstable skyrmionic polarization textures
Skyrmion number in superposed vortex beams equals max(ℓ2, ℓ1) under small perturbations rather than ℓ2 - ℓ1.
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Non-diffracting meronic spin defects of light
The spin field around an optical vortex core is a non-diffracting meronic defect: a point of zero spin wrapped by a half-sphere spin texture, shrinkable below the wavelength.