Spatial correlation vortices in partially coherent light: Theory

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1895-1900

  Maleev, Ivan D ^a   Palacios, David M ^a   Marathay, Arvind S ^a   Swartzlander Jr , Grover A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT PROPAGATION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPTICAL CORRELATION; VORTEX FLOW; WAVEFRONTS;

MUTUAL COHERENCE FUNCTION; OPTICAL VORTICES; SPATIAL CORRELATION VORTICES;

COHERENT LIGHT;

EID: 9244233352     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.21.001895     Document Type: Article

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