Shaping the focal intensity distribution using spatial coherence

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

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 575-581

  van Dijk, Thomas ^a   Gbur, Greg ^b   Visser, Taco D ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOCUSING; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; OPTICAL CORRELATION;

BEAM SHAPING; FOCAL INTENSITY DISTRIBUTION; GEOMETRICAL FOCUS; OPTICAL TRAPPING; SPATIAL COHERENCE;

COHERENT LIGHT;

EID: 44349136978     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.25.000575     Document Type: Article

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