Non-paraxial transverse vector fields closest to non-polarized beams

Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2004, Pages

  Martinez Herrero R ^a   Mejias P M ^a   Bosch, S ^b   Carnicer, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Polarization; Vector beams

Indexed keywords

POLARIZED FIELD; VECTOR BEAMS;

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; LASER BEAMS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; VECTORS;

LIGHT POLARIZATION;

EID: 1642634440     PISSN: 14644258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1464-4258/6/3/011     Document Type: Conference Paper

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