Focal shifts in diffracted converging electromagnetic waves. I. Kirchhoff theory

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

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 68-76

  Li, Yajun ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; MIRRORS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; VECTORS;

FOCAL SHIFTS; FRESNEL NUMBER; KIRCHHOFF DIFFRACTION THEORY; NUMERICAL APERTURE;

DIFFRACTIVE OPTICS;

EID: 12844252621     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.22.000068     Document Type: Article

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