Paraxial beams of spinning light

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3487, Issue , 1997, Pages 6-11

  Berry, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BIREFRINGENCE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; INTEGRATION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; PHOTONS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; VECTORS; WAVE EQUATIONS;

ORBITAL ANGULAR MOMENTUM; PARAXIAL APPROXIMATION; PARAXIAL BEAMS; SPIN ANGULAR MOMENTUM; SPINNING LIGHT; WAVE DISLOCATIONS;

OPTICS;

EID: 0031427047     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.317704     Document Type: Conference Paper

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