Temporal effects in ultrashort pulsed beams focused by planar diffracting elements
JOSA A, Vol. 23, Issue 9, pp. 2335-2341 (2006)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/JOSAA.23.002335
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Abstract
The pulse envelope of an ultrashort pulsed beam is evaluated on the focal points of a Fresnel zone plate. The description of the field dynamics is given in terms of a diffraction-induced pulse train. Within these terms we follow an analytical procedure to characterize the temporal broadening observed at the principal focus, which is significant if the number of Fresnel zones exceeds the number of cycles in the pulse. For Gaussian-type envelopes, the focal field may be accurately expressed in a simple closed form. This expression has a flat-top shape at the principal focus and other odd-order foci, and a two-peak envelope in the case of a low-integer even-order focus. Finally, extremely high orders present a time-domain evolution that emulates a train of uniform pulses with temporal characteristics equivalent to those of the incident beam.
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OCIS Codes
(260.1960) Physical optics : Diffraction theory
(300.6170) Spectroscopy : Spectra
(320.7120) Ultrafast optics : Ultrafast phenomena
ToC Category:
Ultrafast Optics
History
Original Manuscript: February 17, 2006
Manuscript Accepted: April 7, 2006
Citation
Carlos J. Zapata-Rodríguez, "Temporal effects in ultrashort pulsed beams focused by planar diffracting elements," J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 23, 2335-2341 (2006)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/josaa/abstract.cfm?URI=josaa-23-9-2335
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