Effective Fresnel number and the focal shifts of focused partially coherent beams

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

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 192-196

  Dong, Meimei ^a   Pu, Jixiong ^a  

^a HUAQIAO UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; COHERENT LIGHT; DIFFRACTION; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT LENSES;

COHERENT BEAMS; FOCAL SHIFTS; FRESNEL NUMBER;

OPTICAL SYSTEMS;

EID: 33846613247     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.24.000192     Document Type: Article

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