Abstract

We present a modification of the beam-propagation algorithm that avoids computer-intensive processing of the sound carrier and instead deals with the slowly varying complex sound profile only. Our three test cases of Gaussian beams with different waists, strongly interacting with a two-dimensional sound column, show excellent agreement with the analytical treatment and with physical experiments performed in our laboratory.

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Eikonal theory of strong acousto-optic interaction with curved wave fronts of sound

R. Pieper and A. Korpel
J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 2(9) 1435-1445 (1985)

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