Generalized Stokes parameters of a stochastic electromagnetic beam propagating through a paraxial ABCD optical system

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

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1944-1948

  Zhu, Yingbin ^a   Zhao, Daomu ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; DIFFRACTION; ELECTROMAGNETISM; GAUSSIAN BEAMS; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; POLARIZATION; QUANTUM THEORY; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC PROGRAMMING; VIBRATION CONTROL;

ABCD OPTICAL SYSTEMS; BEAM PROPAGATING; CORRELATION COEFFICIENTS; DIFFRACTION INTEGRALS; ELECTROMAGNETIC; GAUSSIAN; LINEAR COMBINATIONS; PARAXIAL; SPATIAL DOMAINS; SPECTRAL DEGREES; SPECTRAL DENSITY MATRIXES; STOCHASTIC; STOCHASTIC ELECTROMAGNETIC BEAMS; STOKES PARAMETERS;

OPTICAL SYSTEMS;

DIFFRACTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FIBERS; LITHOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; PARAMETERS; POLARIZATION; VIBRATION CONTROL;

EID: 55049107662     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.25.001944     Document Type: Article

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