Detection of phase singularity using a lateral shear interferometer

Optics and Lasers in Engineering

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 419-423

  Ghai, Devinder Pal ^b   Vyas, Sunil ^a   Senthilkumaran, P ^a   Sirohi, R S ^c  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^b LASER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CENTRE   (India)

^c SHOBHIT UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Lateral shear interferometer; Optical vortex; Singular beams

Indexed keywords

BEAMS AND GIRDERS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; GLASS; INTERFEROMETRY; ROBUST CONTROL; SPECKLE; WAVEFRONTS;

LATERAL SHEAR INTERFEROMETERS; OPTICAL VORTEX; SINGULAR BEAMS;

INTERFEROMETERS;

EID: 41249100716     PISSN: 01438166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optlaseng.2008.02.001     Document Type: Article

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