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Advanced Photonics Nexus
Vol. 2, Issue 2, 026001 (2023)

Nondiffractive three-dimensional polarization features of optical vortex beams

Andrei Afanasev^1、*, Jack J. Kingsley-Smith², Francisco J. Rodríguez-Fortuño², and Anatoly V. Zayats²

Author Affiliations

¹The George Washington University, Department of Physics, Washington, DC, United States

²King’s College London, Department of Physics and London Centre for Nanotechnology, London, United Kingdom

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Andrei Afanasev, Jack J. Kingsley-Smith, Francisco J. Rodríguez-Fortuño, Anatoly V. Zayats. Nondiffractive three-dimensional polarization features of optical vortex beams[J]. Advanced Photonics Nexus, 2023, 2(2): 026001 Copy Citation Text

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Andrei Afanasev, Jack J. Kingsley-Smith, Francisco J. Rodríguez-Fortuño, Anatoly V. Zayats. Nondiffractive three-dimensional polarization features of optical vortex beams[J]. Advanced Photonics Nexus, 2023, 2(2): 026001

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