Conical refraction: An experimental introduction

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6994, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Kalkandjiev, Todor K ^a   Bursukova, Maria A ^a  

^a Conerefringent Optics SL ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Beam transformation; Conical refraction; Crystal optics

Indexed keywords

FOCUSING; MANAGEMENT; PHOTONS;

(PL) PROPERTIES; BI-AXIAL CRYSTALS; CONICAL REFRACTION; CYLINDRICAL SYMMETRY; FOCAL PLANES; GENERAL (CO); INCIDENT BEAMS; OPTIC AXIS; PHOTON MANAGEMENT;

CHROMIUM;

EID: 44949138817     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.780793     Document Type: Conference Paper

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