Generation of continuously tunable fractional optical orbital angular momentum using internal conical diffraction

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 16480-16485

  O'Dwyer, D P ^a   Phelan, C F ^a   Rakovich, Y P ^a   Eastham, P R ^a   Lunney, J G ^a   Donegan, J F ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; DIFFRACTION; OPTICAL KERR EFFECT; PHOTONS;

ALL-OPTICAL; BIAXIAL CRYSTAL; CIRCULARLY POLARIZED; CONICAL DIFFRACTION; FIRST ORDER; GAUSSIAN LIGHT BEAMS; LIGHT BEAM; OPTIC AXES; ORBITAL ANGULAR MOMENTUM; SPIN ANGULAR MOMENTUM; TWO BEAMS; ZERO ORDER;

GAUSSIAN BEAMS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; RADIATION SCATTERING; REFRACTOMETRY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; LIGHT; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; REFRACTOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 77955644268     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.016480     Document Type: Article

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