Propagation analysis of the truncated second-order moment

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2870, Issue , 1996, Pages 104-111

  Pare C ^a   Belanger P A ^a  

^a CENTRE D OPTIQUE   (Canada)

Author keywords

ABCD systems; Asymptotic analysis; Beam characterization; Hard edge diffraction; Invariance; Parabolic law; Second order moment; Simulations

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC ANALYSIS; INVARIANCE; METHOD OF MOMENTS;

ABCD SYSTEM; BEAM CHARACTERIZATION; EDGE DIFFRACTION; PARABOLIC LAW; SECOND ORDER MOMENT; SIMULATIONS;

LASER BEAMS;

EID: 0002701543     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.259887     Document Type: Conference Paper

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