Local solutions for the interaction of wave dislocations

Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2004, Pages

  Nye, J F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Optical singularities; Optical vortices; Singular optics; Wave dislocations

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PROBLEM SOLVING; TOPOLOGY; VORTEX FLOW; WAVE EQUATIONS;

OPTICAL SINGULARITIES; OPTICAL VORTICES; SINGULAR OPTICS; WAVE DISLOCATIONS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES;

EID: 2542475179     PISSN: 14644258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1464-4258/6/5/021     Document Type: Conference Paper

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