Description of light propagation through a circular aperture using nonparaxial vector diffraction theory

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1424-1447

  Guha, Shekhar ^a   Gillen, Glen D ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DIFFRACTION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; LIGHT POLARIZATION; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; VECTORS;

APERTURE PLANE; KIRCHHOFF BOUNDARY CONDITION; NONPARAXIAL VECTOR DIFFRACTION THEORY; POYNTING VECTOR;

LIGHT PROPAGATION;

EID: 17444361970     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.001424     Document Type: Article

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