Series Preface |
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Preface |
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Chapter 1 Introduction: Vortices in Nature |
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1 | (8) |
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Chapter 2 Anatomy of a Vortex Beam |
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9 | (24) |
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2.1 Maxwell's Equations And Paraxial Beams |
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9 | (5) |
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2.2 Laguerre--Gauss Paraxial Beams |
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14 | (8) |
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2.3 Properties Of Phase Singularities |
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22 | (1) |
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2.4 Derivation Of Higher-Order Gaussian Beams |
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23 | (9) |
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32 | (1) |
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Chapter 3 Generic Properties of Phase Singularities |
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33 | (30) |
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3.1 Young's Interferometer And Phase Singularities |
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34 | (6) |
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3.2 Typical Forms Of Wave Dislocations |
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40 | (6) |
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41 | (1) |
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42 | (2) |
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3.2.3 Mixed Edge-Screw Dislocations |
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44 | (2) |
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3.3 Crystal Dislocations And Wavefronts |
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46 | (5) |
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3.4 Topological Charge And Index |
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51 | (3) |
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3.5 Creation And Annihilation Events |
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54 | (6) |
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60 | (3) |
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Chapter 4 Generation and Detection of Optical Vortices |
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63 | (48) |
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63 | (21) |
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64 | (4) |
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68 | (4) |
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4.1.3 Computer-Generated Holograms |
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72 | (5) |
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4.1.4 Direct Laser Generation |
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77 | (2) |
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4.1.5 Nonuniform Polarization |
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79 | (3) |
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82 | (2) |
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84 | (23) |
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4.2.1 Interference-Based Methods |
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84 | (3) |
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4.2.2 Diffraction-Based Method |
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87 | (2) |
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4.2.3 Shack-Hartmann Method |
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89 | (5) |
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4.2.4 Computer-Generated Holograms and Modans |
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94 | (7) |
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4.2.5 Geometrical Mode Separation |
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101 | (6) |
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4.3 Method Of Stationary Phase |
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107 | (2) |
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109 | (2) |
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Chapter 5 Angular Momentum of Light |
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111 | (38) |
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5.1 Momentum And Angular Momentum In Wavefields |
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112 | (6) |
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5.2 Orbital And Spin Angular Momentum |
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118 | (4) |
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5.3 Angular Momentum Of Laguerre-Gaussian Beams |
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122 | (5) |
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5.4 Intrinsic And Extrinsic Angular Momentum |
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127 | (4) |
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131 | (5) |
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5.6 Momentum In Matter And The Abraham-Minkowski Controversy |
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136 | (10) |
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146 | (3) |
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Chapter 6 Applications Of Optical Vortices |
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149 | (36) |
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6.1 Micromanipulation, Spanning, And Trapping |
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149 | (7) |
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6.2 Optical Communications |
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156 | (5) |
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161 | (5) |
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166 | (5) |
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6.5 Signal Processing And Edge Detection |
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171 | (5) |
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6.6 Rotational Doppler Shifts |
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176 | (6) |
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182 | (3) |
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Chapter 7 Polarization Singularities |
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185 | (74) |
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7.1 Basics Of Polarization In Optical Wavefields |
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186 | (8) |
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7.1.1 Linear Polarization |
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192 | (1) |
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7.1.2 Circular Polarization |
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193 | (1) |
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7.2 Stokes Parameters And The Poincare Sphere |
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194 | (8) |
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7.3 Polarization Singularities: C-Points And L-Lines |
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202 | (5) |
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7.4 Generic Features Of Polarization Singularities |
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207 | (5) |
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7.5 Topological Reactions Of Polarization Singularities |
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212 | (4) |
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7.6 Higher-Order Polarization Singularities |
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216 | (2) |
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7.7 Nonuniformly Polarized Beams |
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218 | (4) |
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222 | (3) |
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225 | (2) |
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7.10 Partially Polarized Light And Singularities Of The Clear Sky |
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227 | (8) |
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7.11 The Pancharatnam Phase |
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235 | (9) |
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7.12 Second-Order Tensor Fields And Their Singularities |
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244 | (8) |
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7.13 The Hairy Ball Theorem |
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252 | (4) |
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256 | (3) |
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Chapter 8 Singularities Of The Poynting Vector |
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259 | (34) |
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8.1 Power Flow In Electromagnetic Waves |
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260 | (6) |
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8.2 Conceptual Difficulties With The Poynting Vector |
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266 | (2) |
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8.3 The First Optical Vortex |
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268 | (7) |
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8.4 Other Early Observations Of Poynting Singularities |
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275 | (4) |
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8.5 Generic Properties Of Poynting Vector Singularities |
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279 | (7) |
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8.6 Singularities, Transmission, And Radiation |
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286 | (6) |
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292 | (1) |
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Chapter 9 Coherence Singularities |
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293 | (42) |
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294 | (11) |
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9.2 Singularities Of Correlation Functions |
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305 | (7) |
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9.3 Generic Structure Of A Correlation Singularity |
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312 | (5) |
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9.4 Phase Singularities In Partially Coherent Fields |
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317 | (4) |
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9.5 Electromagnetic Correlation Singularities |
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321 | (3) |
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9.6 Experiments And Applications |
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324 | (2) |
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9.7 Twisted Gaussian Schell-Model Beams |
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326 | (5) |
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9.8 Oam And Rankine Vortices |
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331 | (3) |
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334 | (1) |
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Chapter 10 Singularities And Vortices In Quantum Optics |
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335 | (92) |
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10.1 Quantization Of The Electromagnetic Field |
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336 | (7) |
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10.2 Quantum Cores Of Optical Vortices |
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343 | (4) |
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10.3 Introduction To Entanglement |
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347 | (8) |
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10.4 Nonlinear Optics And Angular Momentum |
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355 | (8) |
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10.5 Entanglement Of Angular Momentum States |
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363 | (12) |
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10.6 A Nonlocal Optical Vortex |
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375 | (5) |
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10.7 Bell's Inequalities For Angular Momentum States |
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380 | (10) |
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10.8 Vortices In Schrodinger's Equation |
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390 | (9) |
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10.9 Uncertainty Principle For Angular Momentum |
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399 | (17) |
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10.10 Dirac's Magnetic Monopole |
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416 | (9) |
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425 | (2) |
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Chapter 11 Vortices In Random Wavefields |
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427 | (26) |
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11.1 Speckle Statistics At A Single Point |
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428 | (4) |
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11.2 Speckle Statistics At Multiple Points |
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432 | (5) |
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11.3 Statistics Of Vortices In Random Wavefields |
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437 | (5) |
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11.4 Correlations Of Vortices In Random Wavefields |
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442 | (3) |
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11.5 Quasicrystalline Order |
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445 | (2) |
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11.6 Polarization Singularities In Random Wavefields |
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447 | (1) |
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11.7 Multivariate Complex Circular Gaussian Random Processes |
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448 | (4) |
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452 | (1) |
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Chapter 12 Unusual Singularities And Topological Tricks |
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453 | (52) |
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12.1 Bessel-Gauss Vortex Beams |
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453 | (12) |
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12.2 Riemann-Silberstein Vortices |
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465 | (8) |
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12.3 Fractional Charge Vortex Beams |
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473 | (6) |
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12.4 Knots, Braids, And Linked Vortices |
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479 | (6) |
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12.5 Cascades Of Singularities |
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485 | (4) |
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12.6 Lissajous Singularities |
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489 | (6) |
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12.7 Optical Mobius Strips |
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495 | (4) |
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12.8 Superoscillatory Fields |
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499 | (5) |
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504 | (1) |
References |
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505 | (28) |
Index |
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