Topological charge inversion in polynomial astigmatic Gaussian beams

Optics Communications

Volumn 281, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 4205-4210

  Roux, Filippus S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Astigmatic Gaussian beams; Optical vortices; Singular optics; Topological charge

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETISM; GAUSSIAN BEAMS; GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION; GAUSSIAN NOISE (ELECTRONIC); LASER BEAMS; MAGNETISM; POLYNOMIAL APPROXIMATION; POLYNOMIALS; TOPOLOGY; TRELLIS CODES; VORTEX FLOW;

ASTIGMATIC GAUSSIAN BEAM; ELSEVIER (CO); EVOLUTION (CO); FIRST ORDERS; GAUSSIAN; GENERAL (CO); LEADING ORDER (LO); NUMERICA L RESULTS; OPTICAL VORTICES; PREFACTOR; TOPOLOGICAL CHARGES;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD THEORY;

EID: 47349104689     PISSN: 00304018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optcom.2008.05.012     Document Type: Article

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