Summary
Why can fluorescence from independent emitters contain sharp dark lines and polarization singularities?
Combines Stokes-resolved Fourier microscopy with reciprocity-based T-matrix calculations.
Attributes the features to interference between outcoupled TE and TM waveguide modes.
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Commentary
Reciprocity assumptions must be revisited for nonreciprocal magneto-optic systems.
A useful reminder that incoherent sources do not remove every interference process in the emitted field.
Interpretation and connections in this note, separate from the authors’ reported findings.