Universal space-time properties of X waves

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

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 451-455

  Ciattoni, Alessandro ^a   Conti, Claudio ^b   Di Porto, Paolo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b INFM   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; LIGHT VELOCITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL; WAVE EQUATIONS;

PROPAGATION VELOCITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL PROPAGATION;

LIGHT PROPAGATION;

EID: 1542305550     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.21.000451     Document Type: Article

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