Analytical far-field divergence angle of a truncated gaussian beam

Applied Optics

Volumn 39, Issue 27, 2000, Pages 4918-4925

  Drège, Emmanuel M ^a   Skinner, Neal G ^a   Byrne, Dale M ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Dallas   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; DIFFRACTION; LIGHT SOURCES;

GAUSSIAN BEAMS;

OPTICAL SYSTEMS;

EID: 0011281810     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.39.004918     Document Type: Article

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