Efficient mode transformations of degenerate Laguerre-Gaussian beams

Applied Optics

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2561-2567

  Machavariani, Galina ^a   Ishaaya, Amiel A ^a   Shimshi, Liran ^a   Davidson, Nir ^a   Friesem, Asher A ^a   Hasman, Erez ^b  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERFEROMETRY; LIGHT PROPAGATION; MIRRORS; NEODYMIUM LASERS; OPTICAL BEAM SPLITTERS;

GAUSSIAN BEAM DISTRIBUTION; LAGUERRE-GAUSSIAN BEAMS; OPTICAL ARRANGEMENTS; SINGLE HIGH-ORDER-MODE DISTRIBUTION;

LASER BEAMS;

EID: 2142820071     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.43.002561     Document Type: Article

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