Radial and azimuthal polarizers

Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 737-742

  Erdelyi M ^a   Bor, Zs ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Birefringence; Cylindrical vector beams; Polarizer

Indexed keywords

AZIMUTHAL POLARIZERS; CYLINDRICAL VECTOR BEAMS; INTENSITY DISTRIBUTION; OPTICAL ABERRATION;

ABERRATIONS; BIREFRINGENCE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); VECTORS;

LIGHT POLARIZATION;

EID: 33749522842     PISSN: 14644258     EISSN: 17413567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1464-4258/8/9/005     Document Type: Article

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