Generation of long-range nondiffracting narrow light beams

Applied Optics

Volumn 36, Issue 16, 1997, Pages 3762-3768

  Aruga, Tadashi ^a  

^a Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications   (Japan)

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EID: 0012667112     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.36.003762     Document Type: Article

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