Measuring the topological charge of optical vortices with an axicon

Optics Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2017-2019

  Han, Yujing ^a   Zhao, Guanghui ^a  

^a HEZE UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BESSEL BEAM; DIFFRACTION INTENSITY; OPTICAL VORTICES; SPATIAL SPECTRA; TOPOLOGICAL CHARGES;

BESSEL FUNCTIONS; DIFFRACTION; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; LASER BEAMS; VORTEX FLOW;

TOPOLOGY;

EID: 79958223680     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: 15394794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.36.002017     Document Type: Article

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