Generation of a beam with a dark focus surrounded by regions of higher intensity: The optical bottle beam

Optics Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 191-193

  Arlt, J ^a   Padgett, M J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0001103489     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.25.000191     Document Type: Article

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