Propagation dynamics of optical vortices due to Gouy phase

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 9818-9827

  Baumann, S M ^a   Kalb, D M ^a   MacMillan, L H ^a   Galvez, E J ^a  

^a Assistant Professor in the University Libraries   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTIVE OPTICS;

ANGULAR POSITIONS; LAGUERRE GAUSS BEAMS; MEASUREMENTS OF; MODE THEORY; OPTICAL VORTICES; PARAXIAL BEAM; PROPAGATION DYNAMICS; TRANSVERSE PROFILE;

VORTEX FLOW;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; RADIATION SCATTERING; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 66849111727     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.009818     Document Type: Article

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