Phase-front transformation of a first-order Bessel beam in Raman-resonant four-Wave mixing

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 497-504

  Sogomonian, S ^a   Schwarz, U T ^b   Maier, Max ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR PHYSICAL RESEARCH   (Armenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BESSEL FUNCTIONS; DIFFRACTIVE OPTICS; HOLOGRAPHIC INTERFEROMETRY; LIGHT PROPAGATION; PHASE TRANSITIONS; RAMAN SCATTERING;

FOUR-WAVE MIXING;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 0035626180     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.18.000497     Document Type: Article

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