Strongly focused polarized light pulse.

We investigate theoretically the electric field of a focused light pulse carrying an inhomogeneous polarization distribution. It is found that the spectra of the polarization components are in general different, thus leading to a spatial spectral distribution that differs from the scalar case.

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