Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 43, Issue 20, 2014001(2023)
Far-Field Characteristics of Polarization Smoothing in Convergent Beams
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Yuanchao Geng, Wanqing Huang, Ping Li, Ying Zhang, Lanqin Liu, Jingqin Su. Far-Field Characteristics of Polarization Smoothing in Convergent Beams[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2023, 43(20): 2014001
Category: Lasers and Laser Optics
Received: Feb. 27, 2023
Accepted: Apr. 20, 2023
Published Online: Oct. 13, 2023
The Author Email: Su Jingqin (sujingqin@caep.cn)