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Photonics Research, Volume. 8, Issue 5, 745(2020)

Measuring high orbital angular momentum of vortex beams with an improved multipoint interferometer

Qi Zhao1,2, Miao Dong1, Yihua Bai1, and Yuanjie Yang1、*
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  • 1School of Physics, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, China
  • 2Southwest Institute of Technical Physics, Chengdu 610041, China
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    Category: Physical Optics

    Received: Dec. 3, 2019

    Accepted: Mar. 16, 2020

    Published Online: Apr. 26, 2020

    The Author Email: Yuanjie Yang (dr.yang2003@uestc.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.1364/PRJ.384925

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