Optical twists in phase and amplitude

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 476-481

  Daria, Vincent R ^a   Palima, Darwin Z ^b   Glückstad, Jesper ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT; PHOTONS; QUANTUM ENTANGLEMENT; TOPOLOGY;

COLD ATOMS; FAR FIELD; FREE SPACE; HELICAL PHASE; IN-PHASE; LAGUERRE-GAUSSIAN BEAM; LG BEAMS; LIGHT BEAM; MICROSCOPIC PARTICLE; OPTICAL AXIS; OPTICAL BEAMS; OPTICAL MANIPULATION; ORBITAL ANGULAR MOMENTUM; SPIRAL MOTION; TOPOLOGICAL CHARGES; TOROIDAL TRAP;

GAUSSIAN BEAMS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT; RADIATION SCATTERING; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 78751558944     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.000476     Document Type: Article

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