Controllable dark-hollow beams and their propagation characteristics

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

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1898-1902

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

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HUZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTEGRATION; LASER OPTICS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS;

BEAM PROPAGATION; COLLINS INTEGRAL FORMULA; CONTROLLABLE DARK-HOLLOW BEAMS (CDHBS); HUYGENS-FRESNEL DIFFRACTION; KURTOSIS PARAMETER; OPTICAL BEAMS;

LASER BEAMS;

EID: 25444463604     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.22.001898     Document Type: Article

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