Bessel pulse beams and focus wave modes

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

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 2594-2600

  Sheppard, Colin J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER PULSES; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL RADAR; ULTRASHORT PULSES; WAVE EQUATIONS;

FOCUS WAVE MODES;

LIGHT PROPAGATION;

EID: 0001031902     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.18.002594     Document Type: Article

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