Generation and conversion of optical vortices in long-period twisted elliptical fibers

Applied Optics

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2012, Pages C193-C197

  Alexeyev, Constantine N ^a   Fadeyeva, Tatiana A ^a   Lapin, Boris P ^a   Yavorsky, Maxim A ^a,b,c  

^a TAURIDA NATIONAL V I VERNADSKY UNIVERSITY   (Ukraine)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^c UMR 5798   (France)

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EID: 85010180109     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.51.00C193     Document Type: Article

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