Shape invariance and a universal form for the Gouy phase

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

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 572-579

  Borghi, Riccardo ^a   Santarsiero, Massimo ^a   Simon, Rajiah ^b  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; DIFFRACTION; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; MIRRORS; OPTICAL RESONATORS; PHASE SHIFT; PROBLEM SOLVING; THEOREM PROVING; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

BESSEL BEAMS; GOUY PHASE; HELMHOLTZ EQUATION; HERMITE-GAUSSIAN BEAMS; LAGUERRE-GAUSSIAN BEAMS; SHAPE INVARIANCE;

COHERENT LIGHT;

EID: 2042540050     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.21.000572     Document Type: Article

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