Superweak momentum transfer near optical vortices

Journal of Optics (United Kingdom)

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Barnett, Stephen M ^a   Berry, M V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

quantum optics; semiclassical; singularities; weak measurement

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; ELASTIC WAVES; LIGHT; MOMENTUM; QUANTUM OPTICS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

MOMENTUM DISTRIBUTIONS; MONOCHROMATIC LIGHT BEAM; OPTICAL VORTICES; SEMICLASSICAL; SEMICLASSICAL ANALYSIS; SINGULARITIES; SMALL PARTICLES; WEAK MEASUREMENTS;

VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 84888604931     PISSN: 20408978     EISSN: 20408986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/2040-8978/15/12/125701     Document Type: Article

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