Tight focusing of vortex beams in presence of primary astigmatism

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

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 576-588

  Singh, Rakesh Kumar ^a   Senthilkumaran, P ^a   Singh, Kehar ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION; POLARIZATION; ULTRASHORT PULSES; VORTEX FLOW;

BEAM POLARIZATIONS; CIRCULARLY POLARIZED; DEBYE-WOLF DIFFRACTIONS; FOCAL PLANES; INTENSITY DISTRIBUTIONS; POLARIZATION DISTRIBUTIONS; POLARIZED BEAMS; SPOT SIZES; STIMULATED EMISSION DEPLETIONS; TIGHT FOCUSING; TOPOLOGICAL CHARGES; VORTEX BEAMS;

FOCUSING;

EID: 63349095366     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.26.000576     Document Type: Article

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