Mie scattering distinguishes the topological charge of an optical vortex: A homage to Gustav Mie

New Journal of Physics

Volumn 11, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Garbin, Valeria ^a   Volpe, Giovanni ^b   Ferrari, Enrico ^c   Versluis, Michel ^a   Cojoc, Dan ^c   Petrov, Dmitri ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b ICFO INSTITUT DE CIENCIES FOTONIQUES   (Spain)

^c LABORATORIO TASC   (Italy)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRILLOUIN SCATTERING; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; GAUSSIAN BEAMS;

FERTILE FIELDS; LAGUERRE-GAUSSIAN BEAMS; LIGHT BEAMS; METAL SPHERES; MIE SCATTERINGS; OPTICAL VORTICES; PHASE DISLOCATIONS; POSITION DETECTION SYSTEMS; SCATTERED FIELDS; TOPOLOGICAL CHARGES;

SCATTERING;

EID: 62149148026     PISSN: 13672630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/11/1/013046     Document Type: Article

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