Fluid dynamical enstrophy and the number of optical vortices in a paraxial beam

Optics Communications

Volumn 268, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 15-22

  Roux, Filippus S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Enstrophy; Optical vortices; Singular optics; Topological charge; Vorticity

Indexed keywords

FLUID DYNAMICS; PHYSICAL OPTICS; TOPOLOGY; VORTEX FLOW;

ENSTROPHY; OPTICAL VORTICES; SINGULAR OPTICS; TOPOLOGICAL CHARGE;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 33750621484     PISSN: 00304018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optcom.2006.07.008     Document Type: Article

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