Vortex knots in light

New Journal of Physics

Volumn 7, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Leach, J ^a   Dennis, M R ^b   Courtial, J ^a   Padgett, M J ^a  

^a Department of Physics and Astronomy ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CCD CAMERA; VORTEX LIGHT; VORTEX LOOPS; WAVE DISLOCATIONS;

CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; HOLOGRAMS; LIGHT MODULATORS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; TOPOLOGY;

OPTICAL SYSTEMS;

EID: 21244431763     PISSN: 13672630     EISSN: 13672630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/7/1/055     Document Type: Article

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