Beam propagation factor of partially coherent Hermite-Gaussian array beams

Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Ji, Xiaoling ^a   Zhang, Tingrong ^a,b   Jia, Xinhong ^a  

^a SICHUAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOUTHWEST JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Beam propagation factor (M2 factor); Partially coherent Hermite Gaussian (H G) array beam; Superposition of the cross spectral density function and of the intensity

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS; BEAM COHERENCE; BEAM NUMBER; BEAM PROPAGATION FACTOR; BEAM PROPAGATION FACTOR (M2-FACTOR); CROSS-SPECTRAL DENSITIES; GAUSSIAN ARRAYS; GAUSSIANS; HERMITE; PARTIALLY COHERENT; PARTIALLY COHERENT HERMITE-GAUSSIAN (H-G) ARRAY BEAM; SEPARATION DISTANCES; SUPERPOSITION OF THE CROSS-SPECTRAL DENSITY FUNCTION AND OF THE INTENSITY;

FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION; SCINTILLATION; SPECTRAL DENSITY;

GAUSSIAN BEAMS;

EID: 70449365104     PISSN: 14644258     EISSN: 17413567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1464-4258/11/10/105705     Document Type: Article

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