Wave fields with a periodic orbital angular momentum gradient along a single axis: A chain of vortices

New Journal of Physics

Volumn 11, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Santillan A O ^a   Volke Sepulveda K ^a   Flores Perez A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COUNTER-PROPAGATING WAVES; ORBITAL ANGULAR MOMENTUM; SINGLE-AXIS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MAPPINGS; TOPOLOGICAL CHARGES; WAVE FIELDS;

ACOUSTICS;

ANGULAR MOMENTUM;

EID: 65549153755     PISSN: 13672630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/11/4/043004     Document Type: Article

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