Dynamic switching of optical vortices with dynamic gamma-correction liquid crystal spiral phase plate

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 25, 2005, Pages 10285-10291

  Wang, Q ^a   Sun, X W ^a   Shum, P ^a   Yin, X J ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE POLYTECHNIC   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; OPTIMIZATION;

OPTICAL VORTICES; SPIRAL PHASE PLATE; TOPOLOGICAL CHARGE PURITY;

OPTICAL MATERIALS;

EID: 28944439997     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.010285     Document Type: Article

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