Production and propagation of hermite–sinusoidal-gaussian laser beams

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

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 2425-2432

  Tovar, Anthony A ^a   Casperson, Lee W ^b,c  

^a MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c Portland State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; LASER; METHODOLOGY; PHYSICS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

LASERS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHYSICS;

EID: 0032159130     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.15.002425     Document Type: Article

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