Coupling of noncanonical optical vortices

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 664-670

  Roux, Filippus S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; MATHEMATICAL MORPHOLOGY; MODAL ANALYSIS; TOPOLOGY; VORTEX FLOW;

COUPLING TERM; GAUSSIAN BEAM; MORPHOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; NONCANONICAL OPTICAL VORTICES; OPTICAL BEAM; TOPOLOGICAL CHARGES;

OPTICAL FLOWS;

EID: 1842615359     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.21.000664     Document Type: Article

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