Creation of photonic orbital angular momentum by distributed volume turbulence

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 5440-5455

  Oesch, Denis W ^a   Sanchez, Darryl J ^b   Gallegos, Anita L ^a   Holzman, Jason M ^b   Brennan, Terry J ^c   Smith, Julie C ^b   Gibson, William J ^b   Farrell, Tom C ^b   Kelly, Patrick R ^b  

^a SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Optical Sciences Company   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE;

EXPERIMENTAL DEMONSTRATIONS; OPTICAL VORTICES; OPTICAL WAVES; ORBITAL ANGULAR MOMENTUM; SHACK-HARTMANN; WAVE FRONT SENSORS;

ANGULAR MOMENTUM;

EID: 84875136674     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.005440     Document Type: Article

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