Multielement stable resonators containing a variable lens

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 1987, Pages 1962-1969

  Magni, Vittorio ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

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EID: 0000697970     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.4.001962     Document Type: Article

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