Abstract
The interaction of two singular Lissajous lines emergent from a polychromatic vector beam is studied. It is shown that singular Lissajous lines disappear with propagation; meanwhile Lissajous singularities take place. The handedness reversal, the changes in the shape of Lissajous figures, and the degree of polarization of Lissajous singularities, as well as the creation and annihilation of a single singularity, may appear by varying the control parameters. In addition, the transformation of the shape of line , the creation and annihilation of pairs of Lissajous singularities not only with opposite topological charge and same handedness, but also with same degree of polarization, take place with propagation.
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