Could fresnel optics be quantum mechanics in phase space?

Fluctuation and Noise Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2004, Pages

  Crasser, O ^a   Mack, H ^a   Schleich, W P ^a  

^a Abteilung Quantenphysik   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fresnel optics; Interference in phase space; Phase space; Wigner function

Indexed keywords

EID: 12444330941     PISSN: 02194775     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S021947750400163X     Document Type: Article

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