Propagation dynamics of Helical Hermite-Gaussian beams

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6663, Issue , 2007, Pages

  López Mariscal, Carlos ^a   Gutiérrez Vega, Julio C ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND SCIENCES   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Hermite Gauss beams; Ince Gauss beams; Optical vortices; Orbital angular momentum

Indexed keywords

LIGHT PROPAGATION;

HERMITE-GAUSS BEAMS; INCE-GAUSS BEAMS; INFINITE ELLIPTICITY; OPTICAL VORTICES; ORBITAL ANGULAR MOMENTUM;

GAUSSIAN BEAMS;

EID: 42149115652     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.734911     Document Type: Conference Paper

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