Thin lens equation for a real laser beam with weak lens aperture truncation

Optical Engineering

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 2906-2913

  Sun, Haiyin ^a  

^a Auburn Group ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Aperture truncation; Laser beams; Thin lens

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141979004     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.601877     Document Type: Article

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