Synthesis and analysis of optical vortices with fractional topological charges

Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2004, Pages

  Basistiy, I V ^a   Pas'ko, V A ^a   Slyusar, V V ^a   Soskin, M S ^a   Vasnetsov, M V ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Optical vortices; Singular optics; Topological charge

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; INTEGRATION; OPTICS; RADIATION; VORTEX FLOW; WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVEFRONTS;

OPTICAL VORTICES; SINGULAR OPTICS; SUB-HARMONIC DIFFRACTION; TOPOLOGICAL CHARGE;

OPTICAL FLOWS;

EID: 2542439754     PISSN: 14644258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1464-4258/6/5/003     Document Type: Conference Paper

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