Single-slit focusing and its representations

Manuel R. Gonçalves, William B. Case, Ady Arie, Wolfgang P. Schleich

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Abstract

We illustrate the phenomenon of the focusing of a freely propagating rectangular wave packet using three different tools: (1) the time-dependent wave function in position space, (2) the Wigner phase-space approach, and (3) an experiment using laser light.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationExploring the World with the Laser
Subtitle of host publicationDedicated to Theodor Hänsch on his 75th Birthday
Pages529-575
Number of pages47
ISBN (Electronic)9783319643465
DOIs
StatePublished - 2 Jan 2018

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Chemistry
  • General Engineering
  • General Physics and Astronomy

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