Ultrashort pulsed Bessel beams and spatially induced group-velocity dispersion

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

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 49-53

  Hu, Wei ^a   Guo, Hong ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BESSEL FUNCTIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; WAVE EQUATIONS;

PULSED BEAMS;

ULTRASHORT PULSES;

EID: 0041352863     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.19.000049     Document Type: Article

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