Abstract
The concept of scalar fields with uniformly rotating intensity distributions and
propagation-invariant radial scales is extended to the case of electromagnetic fields with
rotating but otherwise propagation-invariant states of polarization. It is shown that the
conditions for field rotation are different for scalar and electromagnetic fields and that the
electromagentic analysis brings in new aspects such as the possibility that different
components of a rotating electromagnetic field can rotate in opposite directions.
©2001 Optical Society of America
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