Rigorous analysis of spheres in Gauss-Laguerre beams

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 20, 2007, Pages 13360-13374

  Van De Nes, A S ^a   Torok P ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; GAUSSIAN BEAMS; LIGHT SCATTERING; OPTICS;

GAUSS LAGUERRE BEAMS; MIE SCATTERING; SCATTERED INTENSITY DISTRIBUTION;

SPHERES;

EID: 35148882434     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.013360     Document Type: Article

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