Analytical expressions of generalized M2 factor of hard-edged diffracted Laguerre-Gaussian beams

Optik

Volumn 116, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 337-342

  Mei, Zhangrong ^a,b   Zhao, Daomu ^a   Zheng, Chongwei ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HUZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Beam quality; Hard edged aperture; Standard and elegant Laguerre Gaussian beams

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; INTEGRATION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPTICAL DEVICES; POLYNOMIALS;

BEAM QUALITY; CYLINDRICAL COORDINATE SYSTEMS; HARD-EDGED APERTURE; STANDARD AND ELEGANT LAGUERRE-GAUSSIAN BEAMS;

LASER BEAMS;

EID: 21244488679     PISSN: 00304026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijleo.2005.02.008     Document Type: Article

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