Discrete cylindrical vector beam generation from an array of optical fibers

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 13982-13988

  Kurti, R Steven ^a   Halterman, Klaus ^a   Shori, Ramesh K ^a   Wardlaw, Michael J ^b  

^a NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER   (United States)

^b OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL FIBERS; PARTICLE BEAMS; POLARIZATION;

BEAM-SHAPING; CYLINDRICAL VECTOR BEAM; FAR-FIELD INTENSITY DISTRIBUTION; FAR-FIELD PATTERNS; FIBER ARRAY; LINEARLY POLARIZED; POLARIZATION VECTORS; RADIALLY POLARIZED VECTOR BEAMS;

VECTORS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; ILLUMINATION; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; RADIATION SCATTERING; REFRACTOMETRY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; LIGHT; LIGHTING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OPTICAL DEVICES; REFRACTOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 68349155673     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.013982     Document Type: Article

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