Evolution of singularities in a partially coherent vortex beam

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

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 741-744

  Dijk, Thomas Van ^a   Visser, Taco D ^a,b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT MODULATORS;

FAR-FIELD INTENSITIES; LAGUERRE-GAUSS BEAMS; NUMERICAL EXAMPLES; PARTIALLY COHERENT; PARTIALLY COHERENT VORTEX BEAMS; PHASE SINGULARITIES; SPATIAL LIGHT MODULATORS;

LIGHT MODULATION;

EID: 65249188459     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.26.000741     Document Type: Article

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