Measurement of helmholtz wave fields

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

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1256-1264

  Alonso, Miguel A ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHERENT LIGHT; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

WIGNER DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION (WDF);

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 0037586474     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.17.001256     Document Type: Article

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