Exact axial electromagnetic field for vectorial Gaussian and flattened Gaussian boundary distributions

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

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1207-1211

  Borghi, Riccardo ^a   Ciattoni, Alessandro ^a   Santarsiero, Massimo ^a  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CRYSTALS; LASER BEAMS; LIGHT PROPAGATION;

BANDGAP CRYSTALS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS;

EID: 0038568332     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.19.001207     Document Type: Article

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