Spin-orbit coupling and conservation of angular momentum flux in non-paraxial imaging of forbidden radiation

New Journal of Physics

Volumn 13, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Foreman, Matthew R ^a   Török, Peter ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR MOMENTUM FLUX; CLOSED-FORM EXPRESSION; HIGH NUMERICAL APERTURES; MULTIPOLE RADIATIONS; SPIN ORBIT INTERACTIONS; SPIN-ORBIT COUPLINGS;

ANGULAR MOMENTUM;

EID: 79959655926     PISSN: 13672630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/13/6/063041     Document Type: Article

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