Effect of primary spherical aberration on high-numerical-aperture focusing of a Laguerre-Gaussian beam

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

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1307-1318

  Singh, Rakesh Kumar ^a   Senthilkumaran, P ^a   Singh, Kehar ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS; FOCUSING; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; TRELLIS CODES;

CIRCULARLY POLARIZED; LAGUERRE-GAUSSIAN BEAMS; SPHERICAL ABERRATIONS;

GAUSSIAN BEAMS;

EID: 50449092750     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.25.001307     Document Type: Article

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