Beam propagation properties of radial laser arrays

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

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 2005-2009

  Lü, Baida ^a   Ma, Hong ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARRAYS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; IRRADIATION; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; MATRIX ALGEBRA;

RADIAL LASER ARRAYS;

LIGHT PROPAGATION;

EID: 0001357919     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.17.002005     Document Type: Article

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