Determination of the ten second order intensity moments

Optics and Laser Technology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 337-340

  Eppich, B ^a,b   Gao, C ^a,b   Weber, H ^a,b  

^a Laser und Medizin Technologie GmbH   (Germany)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Beam twist; First order characterization; Second order moments

Indexed keywords

LASER BEAMS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION;

ASTIGMATIC BEAM; BEAM TWIST; HERMITE-GAUSSIAN BEAMS; TEN SECOND ORDER MOMENTS;

HIGH POWER LASERS;

EID: 0032108167     PISSN: 00303992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0030-3992(98)00063-2     Document Type: Article

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