Propagation characteristics of Airy beams: Dependence upon spatial coherence and wavelength

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 13236-13245

  Morris, J E ^a   Mazilu, M ^a   Baumgartl, J ^a   Cizmar T ^a   Dholakia, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHERENT LIGHT;

AIRY BEAMS; BEAM PROPERTIES; CHARACTERISTIC LENGTH; DEFLECTION COEFFICIENT; GAUSSIAN SCHELL MODEL; PROPAGATION CHARACTERISTICS; SPATIAL COHERENCE; WHITE LIGHT;

GAUSSIAN BEAMS;

EID: 67749135564     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.013236     Document Type: Article

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