Interference-free superposition of nonzero order light modes: Functionalized optical landscapes

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 98, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Cizmar T ^a,b   Dalgarno, H I C ^b   Ashok, P C ^b   Gunn Moore, F J ^b   Dholakia, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGREE OF FREEDOM; FUNCTIONALIZED; INCOHERENT LIGHT; INCOHERENT SUPERPOSITION; LIGHT BEAM; NONDIFFRACTING; OPTICAL FIELD; OPTICAL LANDSCAPES; ORBITAL ANGULAR MOMENTUM; SPATIAL INTENSITY DISTRIBUTION;

ANGULAR DISTRIBUTION; LIGHT SOURCES;

SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 79952082540     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3552202     Document Type: Article

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