Generalized M2 factor of hard-edged diffracted flattened gaussian beams

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

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 2098-2101

  Lü, Baida ^a   Luo, Shirong ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; LASER BEAMS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

PLANE WAVES;

QUANTUM OPTICS;

EID: 0037483708     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.18.002098     Document Type: Article

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