Wave dislocation reactions in non-paraxial gaussian beams

Journal of Modern Optics

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1845-1858

  Berry, M V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; LIGHT INTERFERENCE; QUANTUM THEORY;

GAUSSIAN BEAMS; WAVE DISLOCATION REACTIONS;

LIGHT PROPAGATION;

EID: 0032166099     PISSN: 09500340     EISSN: 13623044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09500349808231706     Document Type: Article

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