Controllable elliptical dark-hollow beams

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

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 919-925

  Mei, Zhangrong ^a,b   Zhao, Daomu ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HUZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT LENSES; OPTICAL SYSTEMS;

ELLIPTICAL DARK-HOLLOW BEAM; NONSYMMETRICAL OPTICAL SYSTEM;

LIGHT PROPAGATION;

EID: 33744782576     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.23.000919     Document Type: Article

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