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Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Volume 561, 2012 - Issue 1: Proceedings of the 14th International Topical Meeting: Optics of Liquid Crystals (OLC 2011): Part III of III
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Spin-to-Orbital Optical Angular Momentum Conversion in Liquid Crystal “q-Plates”: Classical and Quantum Applications

L. Marrucci Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Università di Napoli “Federico II”, Complesso di Monte S. Angelo, via Cintia, 80126, Napoli, Italy; CNR-SPIN, Complesso di Monte S. Angelo, via Cintia, 80126, Napoli, Italy
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E. Karimi Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Università di Napoli “Federico II”, Complesso di Monte S. Angelo, via Cintia, 80126, Napoli, Italy
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S. Slussarenko Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Università di Napoli “Federico II”, Complesso di Monte S. Angelo, via Cintia, 80126, Napoli, Italy
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B. Piccirillo Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Università di Napoli “Federico II”, Complesso di Monte S. Angelo, via Cintia, 80126, Napoli, Italy
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E. Santamato Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Università di Napoli “Federico II”, Complesso di Monte S. Angelo, via Cintia, 80126, Napoli, Italy
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E. Nagali Dipartimento di Fisica dell’Università di Roma “La Sapienza”, Roma, 00185, Italy
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F. Sciarrino Dipartimento di Fisica dell’Università di Roma “La Sapienza”, Roma, 00185, Italy
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Pages 48-56 | Published online: 13 Jun 2012

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