TY - JOUR AU - Piquero Sanz, Gemma María AU - Martínez Herrero, María Rosario AU - González de Sande, Juan Carlos AU - Santarsiero, Massimo PY - 2020 DO - 10.1364/JOSAA.379439 SN - 1084-7529 UR - https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/6206 T2 - Journal of the optical society of America A-optics image science and vision AB - Polarization of a light beam is traditionally studied under the hypothesis that the state of polarization is uniform across the transverse section of the beam. In such a case, if the paraxial approximation is also assumed, the propagation of the beam... LA - eng M2 - 591 PB - Optical Society of America KW - Mueller matrix polarimetry KW - Cylindrical vector beams KW - Azimuthal polarization KW - Optical vortices KW - Laguerre-Gauss KW - Axial symmetry KW - Su(2) Gadget KW - Far-field KW - Generation KW - Propagation TI - Synthesis and characterization of non-uniformly totally polarized light beams: tutorial TY - journal article VL - 37 ER -