Generation of an optical vortex with a segmented deformable mirror

Applied Optics

Volumn 47, Issue 33, 2008, Pages 6300-6306

  Tyson, Robert K ^a   Scipioni, Marco ^a   Viegas, Jaime ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE OPTICS; DEFORMATION; MIRRORS;

DEFORMABLE MIRRORS; FAR FIELD; FRACTIONAL CHARGES; INTENSITY PATTERNS; INTERFERENCE PATTERNS; OPTICAL VORTICES; PHASE SINGULARITIES; REFERENCE PLANE;

VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 60649086255     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.47.006300     Document Type: Article

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