Optical phased array radiating optical vortex with manipulated topological charges

Optics Express

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 4873-4879

  Ma, Xiaoliang ^a   Pu, Mingbo ^a   Li, Xiong ^a   Huang, Cheng ^a   Pan, Wenbo ^a   Zhao, Bo ^a   Cui, Jianhua ^a   Luo, Xiangang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OPTICS AND ELECTRONICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR DISTRIBUTION; ANGULAR MOMENTUM; ANTENNA RADIATION; ANTENNAS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; QUANTUM OPTICS; TOPOLOGY;

FUNDAMENTAL MODES; OPTICAL ANTENNAE; OPTICAL ANTENNAS; OPTICAL PHASED ARRAYS; OPTICAL VORTICES; ORBITAL ANGULAR MOMENTUM; PHASE DISTRIBUTION; TOPOLOGICAL CHARGES;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 84924092215     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.23.004873     Document Type: Article

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