Excitation of High-Order Optical Vortex Modes by Tilting Tapered and Lensed Single Mode Fiber

Song Wei; Liu Huanhuan; Pang Fufei; Yang Junfeng; Zhang Chunxiang; Wen Jianxiang; Shang Yana; Huang Sujuan; Chen Na; Zeng Xianglong; Wang Tingyun

doi:10.3788/CJL201946.0906001

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