Determination of the total angular momentum of a paraxial beam

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Molina Terriza, Gabriel ^a,b  

^a ICFO INSTITUT DE CIENCIES FOTONIQUES   (Spain)

^b INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS;

ELECTRONIC TRANSITIONS; FOCUSED LASER BEAMS; ORBITAL ANGULAR MOMENTUMS; PARAXIAL BEAMS; PARAXIAL MODES; TOTAL ANGULAR MOMENTUMS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES;

EID: 56849093166     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.78.053819     Document Type: Article

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