Non-integral vortex structures in diffracted light beams

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6483, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Baumann, S ^a   Galvez, E J ^a  

^a Assistant Professor in the University Libraries   (United States)

Author keywords

Forked diffraction; Laguerre gauss beams; Optical vortices; Orbital angular momentum; Singular optics

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; SIGNAL INTERFERENCE;

FORKED DIFFRACTION; LAGUERRE-GAUSS BEAMS; OPTICAL VORTICES; ORBITAL ANGULAR MOMENTUM; SINGULAR OPTICS;

INTEGRATED OPTICS;

EID: 34249075434     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.701638     Document Type: Conference Paper

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