Propagation characteristics of a diffracted M2beam

Applied Optics

Volumn 41, Issue 30, 2002, Pages 6325-6331

  Amano, Sho ^a   Mochizuki, Takayasu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HYOGO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS;

BRIGHTNESS;

LASER OPTICS;

EID: 0037145467     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.41.006325     Document Type: Article

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