Counterpropagating mutually incoherent vortex-induced rotating structures in optical photonic lattices

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 20, 2006, Pages 9415-9420

  Petrović, Milan S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHERENT LIGHT; ELECTRON TUNNELING; LIGHT PROPAGATION; PHOTONS;

OPTICAL PHOTONIC LATTICES; ROTATING BEAM STRUCTURES; ROTATION DYNAMICS; VORTEX FILAMENTS;

CRYSTAL LATTICES;

EID: 33749399856     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.009415     Document Type: Article

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