Tailoring of arbitrary optical vector beams

New Journal of Physics

Volumn 9, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Maurer, Christian ^a   Jesacher, Alexander ^a   Fürhapter, Severin ^a   Bernet, Stefan ^a   Ritsch Marte, Monika ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAUSSIAN BEAMS; INTERFEROMETRY; LASER MODES; LIGHT MODULATORS; POLARIZATION; VECTORS;

HERMITE GAUSSIAN (HG) BEAMS; MODE MIXTURES; OPTICAL TRAPPING; VECTOR BEAM MODES;

LASER BEAMS;

EID: 34047136215     PISSN: 13672630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/9/3/078     Document Type: Article

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