Nonlinear generation of broadband polarisation vortices

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 23212-23217

  Ramachandran, Siddharth ^a   Smith, Christian ^b   Kristensen, Poul ^c   Balling, Peter ^b  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c OFS   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL FIBERS; PUMPS; VORTEX FLOW;

1064 NM; COHERENT VORTICES; INTENSITY PROFILES; NON-LINEAR TRANSFORMATIONS; NONLINEAR GENERATION; POLARISATION; POLARIZED MODES; PUMP POWER; RADIAL POLARIZATION; SPATIAL INTENSITY DISTRIBUTION; STOKES COMPONENT; STOKES SHIFT; VORTEX BEAMS; WAVELENGTH REGIONS;

POLARIZATION;

EID: 78149378052     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.023212     Document Type: Article

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