The symmetry properties of stable polynomial Gaussian beam profiles

Optics Communications

Volumn 267, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 196-202

  Roux, Filippus S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Discreet rotational symmetry; Laguerre Gaussian modes; Laser beam intensity profile; Mirror symmetries; Optical vortices; Topological charge

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; NONLINEAR OPTICS; POLYNOMIALS; TOPOLOGY; MIRRORS;

DISCREET ROTATIONAL SYMMETRY; LAGUERRE-GAUSSIAN MODES; LASER BEAM INTENSITY PROFILE; MIRROR SYMMETRIES; OPTICAL VORTICES; TOPOLOGICAL CHARGE;

LIGHT; GAUSSIAN BEAMS;

EID: 33750514418     PISSN: 00304018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optcom.2006.07.013     Document Type: Article

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