On the spatial orientation of the transverse irradiance profile of partially coherent beams

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 3294-3303

  Martinez Herrero R ^a   Mejias P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; IRRADIATION; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; CARTESIAN COORDINATE AXES; FIRST-ORDER OPTICAL SYSTEMS; IRRADIANCE-MOMENTS FORMALISM; SPATIAL STRUCTURE;

COHERENT LIGHT;

EID: 33645838395     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.003294     Document Type: Article

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