TY  - JOUR 
AU  - Novoa, David
AU  - Sola Larrañaga, Iñigo Juan
AU  - García-March, Miguel Angel
AU  - Ferrando, Albert
PY  - 2014
SN  - 0946-2171
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10366/146816
AB  - We experimentally demonstrate the generation of off-axis phase singularities in a vortex transmutation process induced by the breaking of rotational symmetry. The process takes place in free space by launching a highly charged vortex, owning full...
LA  - eng
KW  - Vortex
KW  - Orbital Angular Momentum
KW  - Astigmatism
KW  - Topological Charge
KW  - Optical Vortex
TI  - The key role of off-axis singularities in free-space vortex transmutation
DO  - 10.1007/s00340-014-5761-x
T2  - Applied Physics B
VL  - 116
M2  - 779
ER  -