Generation and control of optical vortices using left-handed materials

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Webb, Kevin J ^a   Yang, Ming Chuan ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFECTS; WAVE INTERFERENCE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

AMPLIFIED EVANESCENT FIELD; DEGREE OF IMPERFECTION; INCIDENT FIELD; OPTICAL VORTICES;

VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 33746059408     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.74.016601     Document Type: Article

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