Stokes parameters in the unfolding of an optical vortex through a birefringent crystal

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 23, 2006, Pages 11402-11411

  Flossmann, Florian ^a   Schwarz, Ulrich T ^a   Maier, Max ^a   Dennis, Mark R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

BIREFRINGENT CRYSTALS; OPTICAL VORTICES; POLARIZATION SINGULARITIES;

VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 33751101875     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.011402     Document Type: Article

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