• Laser & Optoelectronics Progress
  • Vol. 56, Issue 14, 140502 (2019)
Chunying Pei, Zhixiang Mao, Supeng Xu, Yong Xia, and Yaling Yin*
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  • 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 Copy Citation Text show less
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