Interference diagnostics of white-light vortices
Optics Express, Vol. 13, Issue 20, pp. 8179-8183 (2005)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OPEX.13.008179
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Abstract
The principles and the practical conditions for registration of phase singularities, such as optical vortices in the spectral components of white light, are discussed. Interference diagnostics of white light vortices in a polychromatic speckle-field is reported for the first time.
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OCIS Codes
(120.3180) Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology : Interferometry
(120.4630) Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology : Optical inspection
(180.1790) Microscopy : Confocal microscopy
(240.5770) Optics at surfaces : Roughness
(290.0290) Scattering : Scattering
(290.5820) Scattering : Scattering measurements
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History
Original Manuscript: July 11, 2005
Revised Manuscript: September 22, 2005
Published: October 3, 2005
Citation
Oleg Angelsky, Alexander Maksimyak, Peter Maksimyak, and Steen Hanson, "Interference diagnostics of white-light vortices," Opt. Express 13, 8179-8183 (2005)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-13-20-8179
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