Far-field intensity distribution, M2 factor, and propagation of flattened Gaussian beams

Applied Optics

Volumn 38, Issue 21, 1999, Pages 4581-4584

  Lü, Baida ^a   Zhang, Bin ^a   Luo, Shirong ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 0042042090     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.38.004581     Document Type: Article

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