A novel method to determine the helical phase structure of Laguerre-Gaussian beams

Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Wang, Zhaoying ^a   Zhang, Zhang ^a   Lin, Qiang ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Helical wavefront; Interference; LaguerreGaussian beams; Near field

Indexed keywords

ATOM CLOUD; AZIMUTHAL ORDER; FAR-FIELD; HELICAL PHASE; HELICAL WAVEFRONT; INTERFERENCE; INTERFERENCE PATTERNS; LAGUERRE-GAUSSIAN BEAM; LAGUERREGAUSSIAN BEAMS; LG BEAMS; MICRO-PARTICLES; NEAR FIELD; NOVEL METHODS; ORBITAL ANGULAR MOMENTUM; SIGN-CHANGE;

PHASE STRUCTURE; SWIRLING FLOW; WAVEFRONTS;

GAUSSIAN BEAMS;

EID: 70449371809     PISSN: 14644258     EISSN: 17413567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1464-4258/11/8/085702     Document Type: Article

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