Iwasawa decomposition in first-order optics: Universal treatment of shape-invariant propagation for coherent and partially coherent beams

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

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 2146-2155

  Simon, R ^a   Mukunda, N ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^c JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

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EID: 0001442483     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.15.002146     Document Type: Article

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