Localization of angular momentum in optical waves propagating through turbulence

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 25, 2011, Pages 25388-25396

  Sanchez, Darryl J ^a   Oesch, Denis W ^b  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; MOMENTUM; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

NON-TRIVIAL; OPTICAL WAVES; ORBITAL ANGULAR MOMENTUM;

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOMETRY; RADIATION SCATTERING; REFRACTOMETRY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ATMOSPHERE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEPHELOMETRY AND TURBIDIMETRY; REFRACTOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 82055205755     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.025388     Document Type: Article

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