Optical vortex scanning inside the Gaussian beam

Journal of Optics

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Masajada, J ^a   Leniec, M ^a   Augustyniak, I ^a  

^a WROCLAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

conventional microscopy; interferometers; phase (electromagnetic fields)

Indexed keywords

INTERFEROMETERS; LENSES; SCANNING; TOPOGRAPHY; VORTEX FLOW;

ADJUSTING SYSTEM; AMPLITUDE AND PHASE DISTRIBUTIONS; BEAM RADIUS; OPTICAL VORTICES; PHASE (ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS); PHASE DISLOCATION; SCANNING METHODS; SCANNING MICROSCOPY;

GAUSSIAN BEAMS;

EID: 79952662435     PISSN: 20408978     EISSN: 20408986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/2040-8978/13/3/035714     Document Type: Article

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