Near-field spatial correlations from partially coherent homogeneous planar sources: Effects on surface wave excitation

Optics Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 3410-3412

  Auñón, Juan Miguel ^a   Nieto Vesperinas, Manuel ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA DE MATERIALES DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHERENCE LENGTHS; NEAR FIELDS; NEAR-FIELD; PARTIALLY COHERENT; PLANAR SOURCES; SPATIAL COHERENCE; SPATIAL CORRELATIONS; SURFACE WAVE EXCITATION;

WAVES;

SURFACE WAVES;

EID: 80052488190     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: 15394794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.36.003410     Document Type: Article

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