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Propagation of Structured Beams in Nonlinear Media

Alison M. Yao, Christopher Travis, Gian‐Luca Oppo, Frédéric Bouchard, Hugo Larocque, Israel De Leon, Ebrahim Karimi, Robert W. Boyd

Published Jan 1, 2016• 0 citations
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Abstract

Theoretical and experimental results of unusual propagation features of space-varying polarized light beams – vector vortex beams and Poincaré beams – in a nonlinear rubidium vapour cell are succesfully compared.
DOI
10.1364/np.2016.nw5a.5

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