Propagation of Hermite-Gaussian-beams beyond the paraxial approximation

Optics Communications

Volumn 147, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 1-4

  Laabs, H ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hermite Gaussian modes; Paraxial approximation; Propagation

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; LASER BEAMS;

HERMITE-GAUSSIAN MODES; PARAXIAL APPROXIMATION;

LIGHT PROPAGATION;

EID: 0032000087     PISSN: 00304018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0030-4018(97)00607-X     Document Type: Article

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