Paraxial propagation of a partially coherent Hermite-Gaussian beam through aligned and misaligned ABCD optical systems

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

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2394-2401

  Cai, Yangjian ^a,b   Chen, Chiyi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HANGZHOU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHERENT LIGHT; GAUSSIAN BEAMS; LENSES; POLYNOMIALS; SPECTRAL DENSITY;

ABCD OPTICAL SYSTEMS; HERMITE-GAUSSIAN BEAM; PARAXIAL PROPAGATION;

LIGHT PROPAGATION;

EID: 38849149697     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.24.002394     Document Type: Article

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