Conversion of bright nondiffracting beams into dark nondiffracting beams by use of the topological properties of polarized light

Optics Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 284-286

  Frins, Erna M ^a   Ferrari, José A ^a   Dubra, Alfredo ^a   Perciante, Daniel ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE FÍSICA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NONDIFFRACTING BEAMS;

OPTICAL INSTRUMENT LENSES; TOPOLOGY; WAVEFRONTS;

LIGHT POLARIZATION;

EID: 0037989038     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.25.000284     Document Type: Article

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