Nonparaxial singular beams inside the focal region of a high numerical-aperture lens

Ukrainian Journal of Physical Optics

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 109-116

  Shvedov, V G ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Singular beam; Tight focus; Vector optical field

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956268190     PISSN: 16091833     EISSN: 18162002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3116/16091833/12/3/109/2011     Document Type: Article

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