title: Extended analogies between time-dispersion and space-diffraction propagations.
abstract: Based on the equations that describe the propagation of time and space pulses in dispersion and diffraction regimes, new analogies between the propagation parameters of both regimes are formulated.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Física, Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Apartado 1013, 5001-801 Vila Real, Portugal. fmarinho@utad.pt
authors.forename: Francisco J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Marinho
authors.forename: Luis M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Bernardo