Laguerre-Gauss and Bessel-Gauss beams in uniaxial crystals

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

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1680-1688

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

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b INFM   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

OPTICAL AXIS;

LIGHT PROPAGATION;

EID: 0043074435     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.19.001680     Document Type: Article

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