Caustics, multiply reconstructed by Talbot interference

Journal of Modern Optics

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 349-365

  Berry, M V ^a   Bodenschatz, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Cornell University   (United States)

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EID: 0001100551     PISSN: 09500340     EISSN: 13623044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09500349908231276     Document Type: Article

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