Propagation characteristics of the kurtosis parameters of flat-topped beams passing through fractional Fourier transformation systems with a spherically aberrated lens

Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 640-650

  Mao, Haidan ^a   Zhao, Daomu ^a   Jing, Feng ^b   Liu, Hongjie ^b   Wei, Xiaofeng ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b RESEARCH CENTER OF LASER FUSION   (China)

Author keywords

Flat topped beams; Flattened Gaussian beams; Fractional Fourier transform; Kurtosis parameter; Spherical aberration; Super Gaussian beams

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; IRRADIATION; LIGHT; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT LENSES; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; QUANTUM THEORY;

FLAT-TOPPED BEAMS; FLATTENED-GAUSSIAN BEAMS; FRACTIONAL FOURIER TRANSFORM; KURTOSIS PARAMETER; SPHERICAL ABERRATION; SUPER-GAUSSIAN BEAMS;

DIFFRACTIVE OPTICS;

EID: 2942729964     PISSN: 14644258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1464-4258/6/6/021     Document Type: Article

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