Airy beams: A geometric optics perspective

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

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2574-2582

  Vo, Sophie ^a   Fuerschbach, Kyle ^a   Thompson, Kevin P ^a,b   Alonso, Miguel A ^a   Rolland, Jannick P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b Optical Research Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WAVEFRONTS;

COMPUTATIONAL IMAGING; DEPTH OF FOCUS; EXACT RELATIONS; GEOMETRIC OPTICS; LATERAL SHIFTS; NEW DESCRIPTION; NONDIFFRACTING; NONRELATIVISTIC QUANTUM MECHANICS; OPTICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSVERSE SHIFT; WAVE OPTICS; WAVEFRONT ABERRATIONS;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 78649949478     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.27.002574     Document Type: Article

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