Bessel-like beams modulated by arbitrary radial functions

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

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1021-1032

  Herman, R M ^a   Wiggins, T A ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BESSEL FUNCTIONS; INVERSE PROBLEMS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

BESSEL-LIKE BEAMS;

OPTICAL SYSTEMS;

EID: 0011249349     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.17.001021     Document Type: Article

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