Adjustable spiral phase plate

Applied Optics

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2397-2399

  Rotschild, Carmel ^a   Zommer, Shachaf ^a   Moed, Shulamit ^a   Hershcovitz, Oren ^a   Lipson, Stephen G ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; CRACKS; DEFORMATION; INTERFEROMETERS; LIGHT SCATTERING; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT LENSES;

OPTICAL PATH DIFFERENCE; SPIRAL PHASE PLATE;

OPTICAL GLASS;

EID: 2142767434     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.43.002397     Document Type: Article

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