Axially symmetric on-axis flat-top beam

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

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 447-455

  Cao, Qing ^a,b   Chi, Sien ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF OPTICS AND FINE MECHANICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BESSEL FUNCTIONS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; PROBLEM SOLVING; WAVE EQUATIONS;

NONDIFFRACTING BEAMS;

LASER BEAMS;

ARTICLE; OPTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

MODELS, THEORETICAL; OPTICS;

EID: 0034145546     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.17.000447     Document Type: Article

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