Half-integral spiral phase plates for optical wavelengths

Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2004, Pages

  Oemrawsingh, S S R ^a   Eliel, E R ^a   Woerdman, J P ^a   Verstegen, E J K ^b   Kloosterboer, J G ^b   'T Hooft, G W ^a,b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Helical beams; Optical devices; Optical vortex; Orbital angular momentum

Indexed keywords

FOURIER OPTICS; GAUSSIAN NOISE (ELECTRONIC); HELICAL WAVEGUIDES; LASER BEAMS; OPTICAL BEAM SPLITTERS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT LENSES; OPTICAL MATERIALS; PHOTONS; PHOTOPOLYMERIZATION; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; QUANTUM OPTICS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; VORTEX FLOW;

HELICAL BEAMS; OPTICAL VORTEX; ORBITAL ANGULAR MOMENTUM; SPIRAL PHASE PLATES (SPP);

OPTICAL DEVICES;

EID: 2542456654     PISSN: 14644258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1464-4258/6/5/029     Document Type: Conference Paper

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