The beam quality parameter of spirally polarized beams

Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Ramirez Sanchez V ^a   Piquero, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Beam quality; Polarization

Indexed keywords

BESSEL-GAUSS BEAMS; QUALITY PARAMETERS; SPIRALLY POLARIZED BEAMS;

LIGHT POLARIZATION; PARTICLE BEAMS;

POLARIZATION;

EID: 67649880263     PISSN: 14644258     EISSN: 17413567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1464-4258/10/12/125004     Document Type: Article

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