Far-field intensity distribution and M2 factor of hollow Gaussian beams

Applied Optics

Volumn 44, Issue 33, 2005, Pages 7187-7190

  Deng, Degang ^a,b   Fu, Xiaoyong ^a,b   Wei, Chaoyang ^a,b   Shao, Jianda ^b   Fan, Zhengxiu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^b SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF OPTICS AND FINE MECHANICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTIVE OPTICS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION;

FAR-FIELD INTENSITY; GAUSSIAN BEAMS; INTENSITY DISTRIBUTION;

LIGHT;

EID: 29144525306     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.44.007187     Document Type: Article

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