Propagation-induced polarization changes in partially coherent optical beams

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

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 2019-2023

  Agrawal, Govind P ^a   Wolf, Emil ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; COHERENT LIGHT; LIGHT POLARIZATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

GAUSSIAN BEAMS;

LIGHT PROPAGATION;

EID: 0001068553     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.17.002019     Document Type: Article

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