Propagation of orbital angular momentum carrying beams through a perturbing medium

Journal of Optics (United Kingdom)

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Chaibi, Abraham ^a   Mafusire, Cosmas ^b   Forbes, Andrew ^b,c  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

GRIN; orbital angular momentum; turbulence; vortex

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; TURBULENCE; VORTEX FLOW;

ATMOSPHERIC ABERRATION; AZIMUTHAL COMPONENTS; FREE SPACE OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; GRIN; INFORMATION TRANSFERS; OPTICAL VORTICES; ORBITAL ANGULAR MOMENTUM; ORBITAL ANGULAR MOMENTUM OF LIGHT;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 84885584258     PISSN: 20408978     EISSN: 20408986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/2040-8978/15/10/105706     Document Type: Article

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