Riemann-Silberstein vortices for paraxial waves

Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2004, Pages

  Berry, M V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Paraxial; Polarization; Singularities; Vortices

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; MONOCHROMATORS; VECTORS; VORTEX FLOW;

GAUSS-LAGUERRE BEAMS; PARAXIAL; RIEMANN-SILBERSTEIN VORTICES; SINGULARITIES;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES;

EID: 2542456656     PISSN: 14644258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1464-4258/6/5/005     Document Type: Conference Paper

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