Propagation of vectorial Gaussian beams behind a circular aperture

Optics and Laser Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 598-604

  Zheng, Chongwei ^a   Zhang, Yaoju ^a   Wang, Ling ^b  

^a WENZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHENGZHOU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Aperture; Vectorial Gaussian beams; Vectorial Rayleigh diffraction integral

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FUNCTIONS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS;

CIRCULAR APERTURE; GAUSSIAN BEAMS; INTEGRAL FORMULA;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION;

EID: 33748743537     PISSN: 00303992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optlastec.2005.10.003     Document Type: Article

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