Twisted photons

Nature Physics

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 305-310

  Molina Terriza, Gabriel ^a,b   Torres, Juan P ^a,c   Torner, Lluis ^a,c  

^a ICFO INSTITUT DE CIENCIES FOTONIQUES   (Spain)

^b INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR DISTRIBUTION; ANGULAR MOMENTUM; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); PARTICLE BEAMS; PHOTONS; QUANTUM OPTICS;

DEGREE OF FREEDOM; HIGH-DIMENSIONAL; LINEAR MOMENTA; ORBITAL ANGULAR MOMENTUM; ORBITAL ANGULAR MOMENTUM OF LIGHT; QUANTUM INFORMATION APPLICATIONS; SINGLE PHOTONS; SPIN ANGULAR MOMENTUM;

LIGHT;

EID: 34247860608     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys607     Document Type: Review

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