Determining the orbital angular momentum of vortex beam by Young's double-slit interference experiment

Zhongguo Jiguang/Chinese Journal of Lasers

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1063-1067

  Chen, Ziyang ^a   Zhang, Guowen ^a   Rao, Lianzhou ^a   Pu, Jixiong ^a  

^a HUAQIAO UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Interference pattern; Physical optics; Topological charge; Vortex beam; Young's double slit interference experiment

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; ENCODING (SYMBOLS);

INTERFERENCE PATTERN; PHYSICAL OPTICS; TOPOLOGICAL CHARGE; VORTEX BEAM; YOUNG'S DOUBLE-SLIT INTERFERENCE EXPERIMENT;

VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 50849130932     PISSN: 02587025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3788/CJL20083507.1063     Document Type: Article

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