X-ray phase vortices: Theory and experiment

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1575-1584

  Peele, Andrew G ^a   Nugent, Keith A ^a   Mancuso, Adrian P ^a   Paterson, David ^b   McNulty, Ian ^b   Hayes, Jason P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BESSEL FUNCTIONS; COHERENT LIGHT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFRACTION; ITERATIVE METHODS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; OPTICAL CORRELATION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SYNCHROTRONS; WAVEFRONTS;

FRESNEL PROPAGATION; OPTICAL VORTICES; PHASE RECOVERY; SYNCHROTRON X-RAY BEAM; X-RAY PHASE VORTICES;

X RAY OPTICS;

EID: 4043099754     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.21.001575     Document Type: Article

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