Generation and propagation dynamics of obstructed and unobstructed rotating orbital angular momentum-carrying Helicon beams

Journal of Optics

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Rop, R ^a,b   Litvin, I A ^c   Forbes, A ^c,d  

^a MOI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^b EGERTON UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^c Future production Chemicals Cluster   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

digital holography; reconstruction; rotating Bessel beams; spatial light modulator

Indexed keywords

HELICONS; HOLOGRAMS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LIGHT MODULATION;

BESSEL BEAM; DIGITAL EQUIVALENTS; DIGITAL HOLOGRAPHY; EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES; ORBITAL ANGULAR MOMENTUM; PROPAGATION DYNAMICS; RECONSTRUCTION PROPERTY; SPATIAL LIGHT MODULATORS;

LIGHT MODULATORS;

EID: 84857600798     PISSN: 20408978     EISSN: 20408986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/2040-8978/14/3/035702     Document Type: Article

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