Singular Optics: More ado about nothing

Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Dennis, Mark R ^a   Kivshar, Yuri S ^b   Soskin, Marat S ^c   Swartzlander Jr , Grover A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Ukraine)

^d ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPLIED OPTICS; CLASSICAL OPTICS; MODERN OPTICS; OPTICAL VORTICES; PHASE SINGULARITIES; PHYSICAL PICTURES; POLARIZATION OPTICS; SINGULAR OPTICS; UKRAINE;

EID: 70949083736     PISSN: 14644258     EISSN: 17413567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1464-4258/11/9/090201     Document Type: Review

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