Interaction of coupled-vector optical vortices

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 376-384

  Andersen, David R ^a   Kovachev, Lubomir M ^a,b  

^a University of Iowa   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONICS   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION (WAVES); FUSION REACTIONS; LASER PULSES; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; VORTEX FLOW; WAVE PROPAGATION;

OPTICAL VORTICES;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 0141565009     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.19.000376     Document Type: Article

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