Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, Volume. 56, Issue 14, 140502(2019)

Interferometric Detection Method for Orbital Angular Momentum of Vortex Beams

Chunying Pei, Zhixiang Mao, Supeng Xu, Yong Xia, and Yaling Yin*
Author Affiliations
  • State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, School of Physics and Materials Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062
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    Chunying Pei, Zhixiang Mao, Supeng Xu, Yong Xia, Yaling Yin. Interferometric Detection Method for Orbital Angular Momentum of Vortex Beams[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2019, 56(14): 140502

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    Paper Information

    Category: Diffraction and Gratings

    Received: Feb. 19, 2019

    Accepted: Feb. 25, 2019

    Published Online: Jul. 12, 2019

    The Author Email: Yin Yaling (ylyin@phy.ecnu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/LOP56.140502

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