Fractional Talbot effect: Analysis in phase space

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

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 119-125

  Testorf, Markus ^a   Ojeda Castañeda, Jorge ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ASTROFÍSICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Diffractive optics; Fresnel diffraction; Talbot effect; Wigner distribution function

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001801888     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.13.000119     Document Type: Article

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