Convergence criteria and optimization techniques for beam moments

Pure and Applied Optics (Print edition) (United Kingdom)

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1221-1230

  Gbur, G ^a   Carney, P S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

BEAM PROPAGATION FACTORS; LASER BEAM MOMENTS;

LIGHT PROPAGATION;

EID: 0032163353     PISSN: 09639659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0963-9659/7/5/027     Document Type: Article

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