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ArticleLight, science & applications2026

Topological control of chirality and spin with structured light.

Light Mkhumbuza, Pedro Ornelas, Angela Dudley, Isaac Nape, Kayn A Forbes

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Article in Light, science & applications, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Broadening the color palette of optical skyrmions.Light, science & applications · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Light MkhumbuzaSchool of Physics, University of the Witwatersrand, Wits, South Africa.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6394-340X
Pedro OrnelasSchool of Physics, University of the Witwatersrand, Wits, South Africa.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5663-0675
Angela DudleySchool of Physics, University of the Witwatersrand, Wits, South Africa.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7767-9961
Isaac NapeSchool of Physics, University of the Witwatersrand, Wits, South Africa. isaac.nape@wits.ac.za.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9517-6612
Kayn A ForbesSchool of Chemistry, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, UK. K.Forbes@uea.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8884-3496

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Structured light beams with engineered topological properties offer a powerful means to control spin angular momentum (SAM) and optical chirality, key quantities shaped by spin-orbit interaction (SOI) in light. Such effects are commonly associated with non-paraxial focusing or light-matter interfaces. Here, we demonstrate that higher-order Poincaré modes carrying a tunable Pancharatnam topological charge ℓ

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PMCPMC13109355

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