Intensity-moments characterization of general pulsed paraxial beams with the Wigner distribution function

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

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2488-2493

  Yang, Jun ^a   Fan, Dianyuan ^a  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF OPTICS AND FINE MECHANICS   (China)

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EID: 0008229802     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.16.002488     Document Type: Article

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