Quadrefringence of optical vortices in a uniaxial crystal

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

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1634-1641

  Fadeyeva, Tatyana ^a   Rubass, Alexander ^a   Egorov, Yuriy ^a   Volyar, Alexander ^a   Swartzlander Jr , Grover ^b  

^a TAURIDA NATIONAL V I VERNADSKY UNIVERSITY   (Ukraine)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KETONES; LIGHT MEASUREMENT; POWDERS; VORTEX FLOW;

CRYSTAL LENGTHS; INCIDENT LIGHT; OPTICAL VORTICES; UNIAXIAL CRYSTALS;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE;

EID: 51849121700     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.25.001634     Document Type: Article

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