Propagation properties of ultrashort pulsed Bessel beams in dispersive media

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

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 582-587

  Lü, Baida ^a,b   Liu, Zhijun ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION; DISPERSION (WAVES); LIGHT PROPAGATION;

ULTRASHORT PULSED BESSEL BEAMS;

ULTRASHORT PULSES;

EID: 0042074091     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.20.000582     Document Type: Article

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