Electromagnetic spatial coherence wavelets

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

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 81-90

  Castaneda, Roman ^a   Garcia Sucerquia, Jorge ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; MATRIX ALGEBRA; TENSORS; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

POLARIZATION STATE; SPATIAL COHERENCE WAVELETS; TRANSMISSION MATRIX;

COHERENT LIGHT;

EID: 31344443325     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.23.000081     Document Type: Article

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