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Photonics Research, Volume. 4, Issue 5, 0187(2016)

Probing the fractional topological charge of a vortex light beam by using dynamic angular double slits

Jing Zhu¹, Pei Zhang^1,2、*, Dongzhi Fu¹, Dongxu Chen¹, Ruifeng Liu¹, Yingnan Zhou¹, Hong Gao¹, and Fuli Li¹

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¹Laboratory of Quantum Information and Quantum Optoelectronic Devices, Shaanxi Province, Xian Jiaotong University, Xian 710049, China

²Key Laboratory of Quantum Information, University of Science and Technology of China, Chinese Academy of Science, Hefei 230026,China

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Paper Information

Special Issue: OPTICAL VORTICES AND VECTOR BEAMS

Received: Jun. 28, 2016

Accepted: Aug. 6, 2016

Published Online: Nov. 23, 2016

The Author Email: Pei Zhang (zhangpei@mail.ustc.edu.cn)

DOI:10.1364/prj.4.000187

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