Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• DE WOLF, D. A

Titel

Gaussian decomposition of beams and other functions

Ist Teil von

• Journal of applied physics, 1989-06, Vol.65 (12), p.5166-5169

Ort / Verlag

Woodbury, NY: American Institute of Physics

Erscheinungsjahr

1989

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Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The Gabor expansion of a function f (x) decomposes it into a double sum over integers m and n of a product of basis functions g(x−mX) and Fourier-series exponentials exp(2πin/X) for given spacing X. The choice of basis function determines the coefficients amn of the expansion. If f (x) is band limited, the double sum can for all practical purposes be replaced by a single sum over Gaussian basis functions. This is extremely useful for expansion of multidimensional functions such as beams in phase space. Conditions of validity are given, and several examples illustrate the technique.