Propagation-invariant wave fields with finite energy

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

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 294-303

  Piestun, Rafael ^a   Schechner, Yoav Y ^b   Shamir, Joseph ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LIGHT; THEORETICAL MODEL;

FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; LIGHT; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 0034131933     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.17.000294     Document Type: Article

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