Optical phase singularities in detection of laser beam collimation

Applied Optics

Volumn 42, Issue 31, 2003, Pages 6314-6320

  Senthilkumaran, Paramasivam ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; FUNCTIONS; LASER BEAMS; MOIRE FRINGES;

OPTICAL VORTICES; PHASE SINGULARITIES;

LIGHT INTERFERENCE;

EID: 0242524369     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.42.006314     Document Type: Article

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