Local phase structure of wave dislocation lines: Twist and twirl

Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2004, Pages

  Dennis, M R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Optical vortex; Phase singularity; Screw dislocation; Topology

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; DIFFRACTION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; TOPOLOGY; VORTEX FLOW;

OPTICAL VORTEX; PHASE SINGULARITY; SCREW DISLOCATION; WAVE DISLOCATIONS;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 2542502574     PISSN: 14644258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1464-4258/6/5/011     Document Type: Conference Paper

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