Focusing of higher-order radially polarized Laguerre-Gaussian beam

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2439-2443

  Kozawa, Yuichi ^a   Sato, Shunichi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS;

ELECTRIC FIELD COMPONENTS; FOCAL SPOT; LAGUERRE GAUSSIAN BEAMS; MULTIRING; RADIAL COMPONENT; RADIALLY POLARIZED; SMALL SPOTS;

GAUSSIAN BEAMS;

EID: 84869814811     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.29.002439     Document Type: Article

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