Observation of the dynamical inversion of the topological charge of an optical vortex

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2001, Pages

  Molina Terriza, Gabriel ^a   Recolons, Jaume ^a   Torres, Juan P ^a   Torner, Lluis ^a   Wright, Ewan M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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EID: 85038267001     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.023902     Document Type: Article

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