Theoretical and Experimental Study on the Measurement of Laguerre-Gaussian Vortex Spot Size Using Knife-Edge Method

Jingbo Ma; Peng Li; Ziheng Zhou; Xianwei Han; Zhenkun Wu; Shuxi Dai; Yuzong Gu

doi:10.3788/LOP202158.1912004

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