Shape-invariance properties of a quartic-aberrated TEM00 Gaussian beam

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

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1650-1655

  Santarsiero, Massimo ^a  

^a INFM   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; ERROR ANALYSIS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WAVEFRONTS;

GAUSSIAN BEAMS;

PHYSICAL OPTICS;

EID: 0010575509     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.18.001650     Document Type: Article

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