Optical vortex trajectories in anastigmatic and elliptical Gaussian beams

South African Journal of Science

Volumn 102, Issue 11-12, 2006, Pages 601-605

  Roux, Filippus S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ASYMMETRY; GAUSSIAN METHOD; TRAJECTORY; VORTEX;

EID: 34249803302     PISSN: 00382353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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