TY - JOUR AU - Martínez Matos, Óscar AU - Vaveliuk, Pablo PY - 2012 DO - 10.1016/j.optcom.2012.07.134 SN - 0030-4018 UR - https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/44151 T2 - Optics Communications AB - The paraxial estimator (PE) is a parameter quantifying the paraxiality of a light beam. Even if some of its features were previously tackled, key details on its behavior were not fully presented. This paper robustly presents the physical meaning of... LA - eng M2 - 4816 PB - Elsevier Science BV KW - Gaussian Beams KW - Laser-Beams KW - Free-Space KW - Approximation KW - Quality TI - Physical interpretation of the paraxial estimator TY - journal article VL - 285 ER -