Optical vortices and topological phase in strongly anisotropic coiled few-mode optical fibers

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2666-2675

  Alexeyev, Constantine N ^a   Lapin, Boris A ^a   Yavorsky, Maxim A ^a  

^a TAURIDA NATIONAL V I VERNADSKY UNIVERSITY   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ELECTRIC COILS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; POLARIZATION; TOPOLOGY;

OPTICAL VORTICES; TOPOLOGICAL PHASE; VECTOR WAVE EQUATION;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 36949002463     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.24.002666     Document Type: Article

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