Strehl ratio of a Gaussian beam

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

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1824-1833

  Mahajan, Virendra N ^a,b  

^a AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; IMAGING SYSTEMS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; VISION;

ABERRATION VARIANCE; GAUSSIAN BEAM; GAUSSIAN PUPIL; STREHL RATIO; TRUNCATED PUPILS;

LASER BEAMS;

EID: 25444491763     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.22.001824     Document Type: Article

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