How a Dove prism transforms the orbital angular momentum of a light beam

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 20, 2006, Pages 9093-9102

  Gonzalez N ^a   Molina Terriza, G ^a   Torres, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; PHOTONS; QUANTUM OPTICS;

DOVE PRISM; ORBITAL ANGULAR MOMENTUM (OAM);

PRISMS;

EID: 33749407629     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.009093     Document Type: Article

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