Numerical propagation of partially coherent laser beams through optical systems

Optics and Laser Technology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 257-260

  Gross, H ^a  

^a CARL ZEISS SMT AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Beam propagation; Numerical computation; Partial coherence; Wigner function

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; Z TRANSFORMS;

PARTIAL COHERENCE; WIGNER FUNCTION;

LASER BEAMS;

EID: 0031188278     PISSN: 00303992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0030-3992(97)00007-8     Document Type: Article

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