Propagation law for the generating function of Hermite-Gaussian-type modes in first-order optical systems

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1107-1112

  Bastiaans, Martin J ^a   Alieva, Tatiana ^b  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; POLYNOMIALS; SET THEORY;

FIRST-ORDER OPTICAL SYSTEMS; GENERATING FUNCTIONS; HERMITE-GAUSSIAN-TYPE MODES; SPATIAL VARIABLES;

OPTICAL SYSTEMS;

EID: 14744305604     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.001107     Document Type: Article

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