Eigenmode expansions using biorthogonal functions: Complex-valued Hermite–Gaussians

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

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1780-1790

  Kostenbauder, Adnah ^a   Sun, Yan ^a   Siegman, A E ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0000736464     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.14.001780     Document Type: Article

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