Joint spatial-directional localization features of wave fields focused at a complex point

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

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 933-939

  Alonso, Miguel A ^a   Borghi, Riccardo ^b   Santarsiero, Massimo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT PROPAGATION; LIGHT SCATTERING; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT;

MONOCHROMATIC WAVE; SPATIAL-BIDIRECTIONAL LOCALIZATION;

MONOCHROMATORS;

EID: 33744788342     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.23.000933     Document Type: Article

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