• Photonics Research
  • Vol. 11, Issue 1, 121 (2023)
Xinglin Wang1、2, Wenxiang Yan1, Yuan Gao1, Zheng Yuan1, Zhi-Cheng Ren1, Xi-Lin Wang1, Jianping Ding1、3、4、*, and Hui-Tian Wang1
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  • 1National Laboratory of Solid Microstructures and School of Physics, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
  • 2Department of Applied Mathematics and Physics, Anhui Polytechnic University, Wuhu 241000, China
  • 3Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
  • 4Collaborative Innovation Center of Solid-State Lighting and Energy-Saving Electronics, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
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    Xinglin Wang, Wenxiang Yan, Yuan Gao, Zheng Yuan, Zhi-Cheng Ren, Xi-Lin Wang, Jianping Ding, Hui-Tian Wang. Manipulating propagation and evolution of polarization singularities in composite Bessel-like fields[J]. Photonics Research, 2023, 11(1): 121 Copy Citation Text show less
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    Xinglin Wang, Wenxiang Yan, Yuan Gao, Zheng Yuan, Zhi-Cheng Ren, Xi-Lin Wang, Jianping Ding, Hui-Tian Wang. Manipulating propagation and evolution of polarization singularities in composite Bessel-like fields[J]. Photonics Research, 2023, 11(1): 121
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