Topological activity in Bragg elliptical twisted fibers

Applied Optics

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Alexeyev, Constantine N ^a   Fadeyeva, Tatyana A ^a   Lapin, Boris P ^a   Yavorsky, Maxim A ^a  

^a TAURIDA NATIONAL V I VERNADSKY UNIVERSITY   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAUSSIAN BEAMS; VORTEX FLOW;

ELLIPTICAL FIBERS; FUNDAMENTAL MODES; NARROW BANDS; OPTICAL VORTICES; REFLECTED FIELDS; SPECTRAL REGION; TOPOLOGICAL CHARGES; TWISTED FIBER;

TOPOLOGY;

EID: 84859319497     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.51.0000C7     Document Type: Article

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