On the burgers vector of a wavedislocation

Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Dennis, Mark R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Helicity; Optical vortex; Phase gradient

Indexed keywords

CURRENT FLOWS; HELICITIES; HELICITY; MONOCHROMATIC WAVE; OPTICAL VORTEX; OPTICAL VORTICES; PHASE GRADIENT; PHASE SINGULARITIES; VORTEX LINES; WAVE DISLOCATIONS;

BURGERS VECTOR;

EID: 70449449511     PISSN: 14644258     EISSN: 17413567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1464-4258/11/9/094002     Document Type: Article

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