First- and second-order Poisson spots

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 77, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 713-720

  Kelly, William R ^a   Shirley, Eric L ^b   Migdall, Alan L ^c   Polyakov, Sergey V ^c   Hendrix, Kurt ^b  

^a BBN TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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EID: 85016604304     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: 19432909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.3119181     Document Type: Article

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