Average characteristics of partially coherent electromagnetic beams

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

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 780-789

  Seshadri, S R ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; VECTORS;

OPTICAL INTENSITY DISTRIBUTION;

COHERENT LIGHT;

ARTICLE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ELECTROMAGNETICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 0034171142     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.17.000780     Document Type: Article

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