Modal decomposition of partially coherent beams using the ambiguity function

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

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 497-504

  Laabs, H ^a,b   Eppich, B ^a   Weber, H ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; IMAGE RETRIEVAL; LIGHT PROPAGATION; PHASE SPACE METHODS;

MODAL DECOMPOSITION;

COHERENT LIGHT;

ARTICLE; LASER; OPTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

LASERS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OPTICS;

EID: 0036512375     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.19.000497     Document Type: Article

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