Shape-invariance error for axially symmetric light beams

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 2109-2116

  Vicalvi, Silvia ^a   Borghi, Riccardo ^a,b   Santarsiero, Massimo ^a,b,c   Gori, Franco ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c ENEA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Beams; Laser beam distortion; Laser beams; Laser modes; Optical propagation

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COHERENT LIGHT; INVARIANCE; LASER MODES; LIGHT PROPAGATION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS;

LASER BEAM DISTORTION; SHAPE INVARIANCE ERRORS; SHAPE INVARIANCE RANGE;

LASER BEAM EFFECTS;

EID: 0032203488     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.726602     Document Type: Article

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