Analytical expressions for the longitudinal evolution of nondiffracting pulses truncated by finite apertures

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

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2166-2176

  Zamboni Rached, Michel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO ABC   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BESSEL FUNCTIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFRACTION; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; HEURISTIC METHODS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; LUMINESCENCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

FINITE APERTURES; NONDIFFRACTING PULSES; RAYLEIGH-SOMMERFELD DIFFRACTION INTEGRALS; TRUNCATED BESSEL BEAMS;

LASER PULSES;

EID: 33750601836     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.23.002166     Document Type: Article

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