• Acta Optica Sinica
  • Vol. 42, Issue 16, 1626001 (2022)
Yiming Cai1, Houan Teng1, Juntao Hu1, Yanping Lan1, Zhijun Ren1、2, and Yixian Qian1、2、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1College of Physics and Electronic Information Engineering, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, Zhejiang , China
  • 2Key Laboratory of Researching Optical Information Detecting and Display Technology in Zhejiang Province, Jinhua 321004, Zhejiang , China
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    Yiming Cai, Houan Teng, Juntao Hu, Yanping Lan, Zhijun Ren, Yixian Qian. Caustics and Wavefronts of Butterfly-Shaped Beams[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2022, 42(16): 1626001 Copy Citation Text show less
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