Grazing reflection of Gaussian beams

Applied Optics

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 554-562

  Casperson, Lee W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

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EID: 0037629880     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.38.000554     Document Type: Article

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