Sagnac interferometer method for synthesis of fractional polarization vortices

Optics Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 2560-2562

  Jones, P H ^a   Rashid, M ^a   Makita, M ^a   Marago O M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; INTERFEROMETERS; LASER BEAMS; LIGHT MODULATORS; POLARIZATION;

POLARIZATION DIRECTION; PROPAGATION DIRECTION; SAGNAC INTERFEROMETER; SPATIAL LIGHT MODULATORS;

VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 69549086343     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: 15394794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.34.002560     Document Type: Article

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