An experiment to observe the intensity and phase structure of Laguerre-Gaussian laser modes

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 77-82

  Padgett, M ^a   Arlt, J ^a   Simpson, N ^a   Allen, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0030534836     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.18283     Document Type: Article

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