The fabrication of a thin, circular polymer film based phase shaper for generating doughnut modes

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 6273-6278

  Hotta, Jun Ichi ^a   Uji i, Hiroshi ^a   Hofkens, Johan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

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EID: 85010124487     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.006273     Document Type: Article

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