Generalized beam matrices. IV. Optical system design

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

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 882-893

  Casperson, Lee W ^b  

^a MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Portland State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINT THEORY; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; LASER BEAMS; LASER OPTICS; LASER RESONATORS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MATRIX ALGEBRA; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

FACTORIZATION; GAUSSIAN BEAMS; HIGH DIFFRACTION LOSS RESONATOR; REVERSE MATRIX THEORY; SYLVESTER THEORY;

OPTICAL DESIGN;

EID: 0031120976     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.14.000882     Document Type: Article

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