Phase-space distributions for high-frequency fields

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

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 2288-2300

  Alonso, M A ^a   Forbes, G W ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FREQUENCIES; WAVE EQUATIONS;

WIGNER DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS;

GEOMETRICAL OPTICS;

EID: 0009017848     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.17.002288     Document Type: Article

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