Orbital angular momentum control by a multihelicoidal fibre with a twist defect

Journal of Optics (United Kingdom)

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Alexeyev, C N ^a   Fridman, Yu A ^a   Lapin, B P ^a   Yavorsky, M A ^a  

^a TAURIDA NATIONAL V I VERNADSKY UNIVERSITY   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

multihelicoidal fibre; orbital angular momentum; orbital angular momentum control

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; DEFECTS; FIBERS; GAUSSIAN BEAMS;

ANGULAR MOMENTUM DENSITY; CONSTANT POWER; OPTICAL FIELD; ORBITAL ANGULAR MOMENTUM; TWIST DEFECTS;

ANGULAR DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84888620727     PISSN: 20408978     EISSN: 20408986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/2040-8978/15/12/125401     Document Type: Article

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