An experiment to study a "nondiffracting" light beam

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 67, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 912-915

  McQueen, C A ^a   Arlt, J ^a   Dholakia, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0033436520     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.19148     Document Type: Article

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