Rayleigh range and the m2 factor for bessel-gauss beams

Applied Optics

Volumn 37, Issue 16, 1998, Pages 3398-3400

  Herman, R M ^a   Wiggins, T A ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0011411482     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.37.003398     Document Type: Article

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