Communication modes with partially coherent fields

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

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 3336-3342

  Martinsson, Per ^a   Lajunen, Hanna ^b   Friberg, Ari T ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHERENT LIGHT; LIGHT PROPAGATION; MODAL ANALYSIS;

LINEAR OPTICAL SYSTEMS; OPTICAL NEAR-FIELD GEOMETRY;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 36949039170     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.24.003336     Document Type: Article

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