Abstract
The superposition of noncoaxial light beams containing screw wave-front dislocations is shown to create light patterns with a richer vortex content than that given by the arithmetic of the topological charges of the individual beams. We report the experimental observation of this phenomenon.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1135-1137 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Optics Letters |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue number | 16 |
| Publication status | Published - 15 Aug 2000 |
| Externally published | Yes |