Circularly polarized beams and vortex generation in uniaxial media

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 163-171

  Ciattoni, Alessandro ^a,b   Cincotti, Gabriella ^a,b   Palma, Claudio ^a,b  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b INFM   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; VECTORS;

UNIAXIAL MEDIA;

LIGHT POLARIZATION;

EID: 0037989047     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.20.000163     Document Type: Review

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