Optical angular momentum transfer by Laguerre-Gaussian beams

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

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 625-638

  Simpson, Stephen H ^a   Hanna, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; GAUSSIAN NOISE (ELECTRONIC); REFRACTIVE INDEX; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; TRELLIS CODES;

ANGULAR MOMENTUM FLUXES; ANISOTROPIC PARTICLES; BACKGROUND MEDIUMS; INCIDENT BEAMS; INTENSITY GRADIENTS; LAGUERRE-GAUSSIAN BEAMS; MECHANICAL EFFECTS; MICROMETER-SIZED PARTICLES; OPTICAL ANGULAR MOMENTUMS; ROTATION ANGLES; T MATRIXES; TIGHT FOCUSING; TORQUE DENSITIES;

GAUSSIAN BEAMS;

EID: 63349111337     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.26.000625     Document Type: Article

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