Dr Claire Marie Cisowski
- Leverhulme Early Career Fellow (Physics & Astronomy)
Publications
2025
Ye, Z, Götte, J.B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1876-3615 and Cisowski, C.M.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6422-5300
(2025)
An Atlas of optical skyrmions: charting topologically equivalent field configurations.
Journal of Optics, 27(4),
042502.
(doi: 10.1088/2040-8986/adc27f)
2024
Ye, Z., Barnett, S.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0733-4524, Franke-Arnold, S.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2375-4206, Götte, J.B.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1876-3615, McWilliam, A., Speirits, F.C.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6460-5231 and Cisowski, C.M.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6422-5300
(2024)
Theory of paraxial optical Skyrmions.
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 480(2297),
20240109.
(doi: 10.1098/rspa.2024.0109)
Cisowski, Claire Marie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6422-5300, Waller, Madeline and Bennett, Robert
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6931-8840
(2024)
Toward nanophotonic optical isolation via inverse design of energy transfer in nonreciprocal media.
Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, 109,
043533.
(doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.109.043533)
Wang, Jinwen, Chen, Yun, Cisowski, Claire Marie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6422-5300, Yang, Xin, Wang, Chengyuan, Han, Lei, Li, Fuli, Gao, Hong and Franke-Arnold, Sonja
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2375-4206
(2024)
Deformable polarization singularity array by superimposed Ince–Gaussian beams.
Applied Physics Letters, 124(14),
141105.
(doi: 10.1063/5.0191065)
McWilliam, Amy, Cisowski, Claire Marie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6422-5300, Ye, Zhujun, Speirits, Fiona C.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6460-5231, Goette, Joerg B.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1876-3615, Barnett, Stephen
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0733-4524 and Franke-Arnold, Sonja
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2375-4206
(2024)
A Topological Approach to Characterising Optical Skyrmions.
In: Complex Light and Optical Forces XVIII, Photonics West, San Francisco, California, United States, 29 January – 1 February 2024,
1290105 -1.
ISBN 9781510670624
(doi: 10.1117/12.3002420)
2023
Barnett, Stephen M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0733-4524, Cisowski, Claire M.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6422-5300, McWilliam, Amy, Speirits, Fiona C.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6460-5231, Ye, Zhujun, Götte, Jörg B.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1876-3615 and Franke-Arnold, Sonja
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2375-4206
(2023)
Optical Skyrmions.
In: Active Photonic Platforms (APP) 2023, San Diego, CA, USA, 20-25 Aug 2023,
126470A.
ISBN 9781510665088
(doi: 10.1117/12.2676688)
McWilliam, Amy, Cisowski, Claire M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6422-5300, Ye, Zhujun, Speirits, Fiona C.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6460-5231, Götte, Jörg B.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1876-3615, Barnett, Stephen M.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0733-4524 and Franke-Arnold, Sonja
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2375-4206
(2023)
Topological approach of characterizing optical skyrmions and multi-skyrmions.
Laser and Photonics Reviews, 17(9),
2300155.
(doi: 10.1002/lpor.202300155)
Cisowski, Claire Marie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6422-5300, Klitis, Charalambos
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8063-9637, Maidment, Pierre, Sorel, Marc
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8365-4496 and Franke-Arnold, Sonja
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2375-4206
(2023)
On-chip generation of adjustable cylindrical vector beams.
Optics Express, 31(18),
pp. 29166-29173.
(doi: 10.1364/OE.494462)
Cisowski, Claire ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6422-5300, Ross, Calum and Franke-Arnold, Sonja
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2375-4206
(2023)
Building paraxial optical skyrmions using rational maps.
Advanced Photonics Research, 4(4),
2200350.
(doi: 10.1002/adpr.202200350)
2022
Wang, Jinwen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3499-3955, Chen, Yun, Al Khafaji, Mustafa A., Svensson, Sphinx J., Yang, Xin, Wang, Chengyuan, Gao, Hong, Cisowski, Claire Marie
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6422-5300 and Franke-Arnold, Sonja
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2375-4206
(2022)
Exploring the ellipticity dependency on vector helical Ince-Gaussian beams and their focusing properties.
Optics Express, 30(14),
pp. 24497-24506.
(doi: 10.1364/OE.462105)
Cisowski, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6422-5300, Götte, J.B.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1876-3615 and Franke-Arnold, S.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2375-4206
(2022)
Colloquium: geometric phases of light: insights from fiber bundle theory.
Review of Modern Physics, 94(3),
031001.
(doi: 10.1103/RevModPhys.94.031001)
Al Khafaji, M.A., Cisowski, C.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6422-5300, Jimbrown, H., Croke, S.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4120-4133, Pádua, S. and Franke-Arnold, S.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2375-4206
(2022)
Single-shot characterization of vector beams by generalized measurements.
Optics Express, 30(13),
pp. 22396-22409.
(doi: 10.1364/OE.458352)
(PMID:36224938)
McWilliam, Amy, Cisowski, Claire Marie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6422-5300, Bennett, Robert
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6931-8840 and Franke-Arnold, Sonja
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2375-4206
(2022)
Angular momentum redirection phase of vector beams in a non-planar geometry.
Nanophotonics, 11(4),
pp. 727-736.
(doi: 10.1515/nanoph-2021-0528)
Articles
Ye, Z, Götte, J.B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1876-3615 and Cisowski, C.M.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6422-5300
(2025)
An Atlas of optical skyrmions: charting topologically equivalent field configurations.
Journal of Optics, 27(4),
042502.
(doi: 10.1088/2040-8986/adc27f)
Ye, Z., Barnett, S.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0733-4524, Franke-Arnold, S.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2375-4206, Götte, J.B.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1876-3615, McWilliam, A., Speirits, F.C.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6460-5231 and Cisowski, C.M.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6422-5300
(2024)
Theory of paraxial optical Skyrmions.
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 480(2297),
20240109.
(doi: 10.1098/rspa.2024.0109)
Cisowski, Claire Marie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6422-5300, Waller, Madeline and Bennett, Robert
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6931-8840
(2024)
Toward nanophotonic optical isolation via inverse design of energy transfer in nonreciprocal media.
Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, 109,
043533.
(doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.109.043533)
Wang, Jinwen, Chen, Yun, Cisowski, Claire Marie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6422-5300, Yang, Xin, Wang, Chengyuan, Han, Lei, Li, Fuli, Gao, Hong and Franke-Arnold, Sonja
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2375-4206
(2024)
Deformable polarization singularity array by superimposed Ince–Gaussian beams.
Applied Physics Letters, 124(14),
141105.
(doi: 10.1063/5.0191065)
McWilliam, Amy, Cisowski, Claire M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6422-5300, Ye, Zhujun, Speirits, Fiona C.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6460-5231, Götte, Jörg B.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1876-3615, Barnett, Stephen M.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0733-4524 and Franke-Arnold, Sonja
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2375-4206
(2023)
Topological approach of characterizing optical skyrmions and multi-skyrmions.
Laser and Photonics Reviews, 17(9),
2300155.
(doi: 10.1002/lpor.202300155)
Cisowski, Claire Marie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6422-5300, Klitis, Charalambos
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8063-9637, Maidment, Pierre, Sorel, Marc
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8365-4496 and Franke-Arnold, Sonja
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2375-4206
(2023)
On-chip generation of adjustable cylindrical vector beams.
Optics Express, 31(18),
pp. 29166-29173.
(doi: 10.1364/OE.494462)
Cisowski, Claire ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6422-5300, Ross, Calum and Franke-Arnold, Sonja
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2375-4206
(2023)
Building paraxial optical skyrmions using rational maps.
Advanced Photonics Research, 4(4),
2200350.
(doi: 10.1002/adpr.202200350)
Wang, Jinwen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3499-3955, Chen, Yun, Al Khafaji, Mustafa A., Svensson, Sphinx J., Yang, Xin, Wang, Chengyuan, Gao, Hong, Cisowski, Claire Marie
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6422-5300 and Franke-Arnold, Sonja
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2375-4206
(2022)
Exploring the ellipticity dependency on vector helical Ince-Gaussian beams and their focusing properties.
Optics Express, 30(14),
pp. 24497-24506.
(doi: 10.1364/OE.462105)
Cisowski, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6422-5300, Götte, J.B.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1876-3615 and Franke-Arnold, S.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2375-4206
(2022)
Colloquium: geometric phases of light: insights from fiber bundle theory.
Review of Modern Physics, 94(3),
031001.
(doi: 10.1103/RevModPhys.94.031001)
Al Khafaji, M.A., Cisowski, C.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6422-5300, Jimbrown, H., Croke, S.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4120-4133, Pádua, S. and Franke-Arnold, S.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2375-4206
(2022)
Single-shot characterization of vector beams by generalized measurements.
Optics Express, 30(13),
pp. 22396-22409.
(doi: 10.1364/OE.458352)
(PMID:36224938)
McWilliam, Amy, Cisowski, Claire Marie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6422-5300, Bennett, Robert
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6931-8840 and Franke-Arnold, Sonja
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2375-4206
(2022)
Angular momentum redirection phase of vector beams in a non-planar geometry.
Nanophotonics, 11(4),
pp. 727-736.
(doi: 10.1515/nanoph-2021-0528)
Conference Proceedings
McWilliam, Amy, Cisowski, Claire Marie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6422-5300, Ye, Zhujun, Speirits, Fiona C.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6460-5231, Goette, Joerg B.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1876-3615, Barnett, Stephen
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0733-4524 and Franke-Arnold, Sonja
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2375-4206
(2024)
A Topological Approach to Characterising Optical Skyrmions.
In: Complex Light and Optical Forces XVIII, Photonics West, San Francisco, California, United States, 29 January – 1 February 2024,
1290105 -1.
ISBN 9781510670624
(doi: 10.1117/12.3002420)
Barnett, Stephen M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0733-4524, Cisowski, Claire M.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6422-5300, McWilliam, Amy, Speirits, Fiona C.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6460-5231, Ye, Zhujun, Götte, Jörg B.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1876-3615 and Franke-Arnold, Sonja
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2375-4206
(2023)
Optical Skyrmions.
In: Active Photonic Platforms (APP) 2023, San Diego, CA, USA, 20-25 Aug 2023,
126470A.
ISBN 9781510665088
(doi: 10.1117/12.2676688)
Research datasets
2023
McWilliam, A., Cisowski, C. M., YE, Z., Speirits, F. , Goette, J. , Barnett, S. and Franke-Arnold, S. (2023) Topological approach of characterizing optical Skyrmions and Skyrmion lattices. [Data Collection]
Cisowski, C. M. (2023) On-chip generation of reconfigurable cylindrical vector beams. [Data Collection]
2022
Al Khafaji, M. A., Cisowski, C. M., Jimbrown, H., Croke, S. , Padua, S. and Franke-Arnold, S. (2022) Single-shot characterization of vector beams by generalized measurements. [Data Collection]