Tight focusing of spirally polarized vortex beams

Optics and Laser Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 186-191

  Pu, Jixiong ^a   Zhang, Zhiming ^b  

^a HUAQIAO UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Mechanical and Electrical Equipments Center   (China)

Author keywords

Spiral polarization; Tightly focusing; Vortex beams

Indexed keywords

CROSSOVER POINTS; DEBYE THEORY; DISLOCATION LINES; FOCAL PLANE; FOCAL REGIONS; FOCUSED BEAMS; INTENSITY DISTRIBUTION; ORBITAL ANGULAR MOMENTUM; POLARIZATION FUNCTIONS; POLARIZED STATE; PROPAGATION DIRECTION; RADIAL DIRECTION; SPIRAL POLARIZATION; TIGHT FOCUSING; TIGHTLY FOCUSING; TOPOLOGICAL CHARGES; VORTEX BEAMS;

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; ELECTRIC FIELDS; POLARIZATION;

FOCUSING;

EID: 68649090926     PISSN: 00303992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optlastec.2009.06.008     Document Type: Article

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