Equivalence between focused paraxial beams and the quantum harmonic oscillator

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 625-629

  Steuernagel, Ole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 24144488285     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.1900099     Document Type: Article

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