Poynting vector in Laguerre-Gaussian beams and the interpretation of their angular momentum density

Optics Communications

Volumn 184, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 67-71

  Allen, L ^a   Padgett, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY (OPTICAL); VECTORS; WAVEFRONTS;

ANGULAR MOMENTUM DENSITY; LAGUERRE-GAUSSIAN BEAMS;

LIGHT POLARIZATION;

EID: 0034298586     PISSN: 00304018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0030-4018(00)00960-3     Document Type: Article

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