Transfer of orbital angular momentum from a stressed fiber-optic waveguide to a light beam

Applied Optics

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 469-472

  McGloin, David ^a   Simpson, Neil B ^a   Padgett, Miles J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; HELIUM NEON LASERS; LASER MODES; LENSES; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; OPTICAL FIBER COUPLING; OPTICAL FIBERS;

CYLINDRICAL LENS MODE CONVERTER; HERMITE-GAUSSIAN MODES; LAGUERRE-GAUSSIAN MODES;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 0031699420     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.37.000469     Document Type: Article

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