R. Gutiérrez-Cuevas, S. A. Wadood, A. N. Vamivakas, M. Alonso
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Abstract
The Majorana representation is shown to stand as the proper extension of the modal-Poincare sphere to higher-order structured-Gaussian modes. This representation reveals their hidden symmetries and the presence of continuous or discrete geometric phases.