Angular momentum of multimode and polarization patterns

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 23, 2007, Pages 15214-15227

  Zambrini, Roberta ^a   Barnett, Stephen M ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE FÍSICA INTERDISCIPLINAR Y SISTEMAS COMPLEJOS IFISC CSIC UIB   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; GAUSSIAN BEAMS;

BEAM COMPLEXITY; HELICAL MODES; MULTIMODE LAGUERRE-GAUSSIAN BEAMS;

LIGHT POLARIZATION;

EID: 36248942058     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.015214     Document Type: Article

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