Demonstration experiments on nondiffracting beams generated by thermal light

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 826-830

  Basano, Lorenzo ^a   Ottonello, Pasquale ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

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EID: 24144462354     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.1873912     Document Type: Article

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