Nonparaxial propagation of controllable dark-hollow beams

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

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 537-542

  Mei, Zhangrong ^a,b   Zhao, Daomu ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HUZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT;

CONTROLLABLE DARK-HOLLOW BEAMS; NONPARAXIAL PROPAGATION; PARAXIAL APPROXIMATION;

LIGHT PROPAGATION;

EID: 44349149943     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.25.000537     Document Type: Article

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