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1. A. Doicu and T. Wriedt, "Plane wave spectrum of electromagnetic beams," Opt. Commun. 136, 114-124 (1997). [CrossRef]
2. L. W. Davis, "Theory of electromagnetic beams," Phys. Rev. A 19, 1177-1179 (1979). [CrossRef]
3. P. Varga and P. Török, "Exact and approximate solutions of Maxwell’s equations for a confocal cavity," Opt. Lett. 21, 1523-1525 (1996). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
4. S. R. Seshadri, "Electromagnetic Gaussian beam," J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 15, 2712-2719 (1998). [CrossRef]
5. R. Martínez-Herrero, P. M. Mejías, S. Bosch and A. Carnicer, "Vectorial structure of nonparaxial electromagnetic beams," J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 18, 1678-1680 (2001). [CrossRef]
6. P. Varga and P. Török, "The Gaussian wave solution of Maxwell’s equations and the validity of scalar wave approximation," Opt. Commun. 152, 108-118 (1998). [CrossRef]
7. H. C. Kim and Y. H. Lee, "Hermite-Gaussian and Laguerre-Gaussian beams beyond the paraxial approximation," Opt. Commun. 169, 9-16 (1999). [CrossRef]
8. A. Ciattoni, B. Crosignani, and P. D. Porto, "Vectorial free-space optical propagation: a simple approach for generating all-order nonparaxial corrections," Opt. Commun. 177, 9-13 (2000). [CrossRef]
9. L. B. Felsen and N. Marcuvitz, Radiation and Scattering of Wave (IEEE PRESS, 1994), p. 183-252.
10. R. H. Jordan and D. G. Hall, "Free-space azimuthal paraxial wave equation: the azimuthal Bessel-Gauss beam solution," Opt. Lett. 19, 427-429 (1994). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
11. R. Oron, S. Blit, N. Davidson, A. A. Friesem, Z. Bomzon and E. Hasman, "The formation of laser beams with pure azimuthal or radial polarization," Appl. Phys. Lett. 77, 3322-3324 (2000). [CrossRef]
12. P. M. Morse and H. Feshbach, Methods of Theoretical Physics (McGraw-Hill, 1953), p. 21-31.
13. B. Richards and E. Wolf, "Electromagnetic diffraction in optical systems II. Structure of the image field in an aplanatic system," Proc. R. Soc. London, Ser. A 253, 358-370 (1959). [CrossRef]
14. K. S. Youngworth and T. G. Brown, "Focusing of high numerical aperture cylindrical- vector beams," Opt. Express 7, 77-87 (2000), http://www.opticsexpress.org/abstract.cfm?URI=OPEX-7-2-77. [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Appl. Phys. Lett.

• R. Oron, S. Blit, N. Davidson, A. A. Friesem, Z. Bomzon and E. Hasman, "The formation of laser beams with pure azimuthal or radial polarization," Appl. Phys. Lett. 77, 3322-3324 (2000). [CrossRef]

J. Opt. Soc. Am. A

• S. R. Seshadri, "Electromagnetic Gaussian beam," J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 15, 2712-2719 (1998). [CrossRef]
• R. Martínez-Herrero, P. M. Mejías, S. Bosch and A. Carnicer, "Vectorial structure of nonparaxial electromagnetic beams," J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 18, 1678-1680 (2001). [CrossRef]

Opt. Commun.

• P. Varga and P. Török, "The Gaussian wave solution of Maxwell’s equations and the validity of scalar wave approximation," Opt. Commun. 152, 108-118 (1998). [CrossRef]
• H. C. Kim and Y. H. Lee, "Hermite-Gaussian and Laguerre-Gaussian beams beyond the paraxial approximation," Opt. Commun. 169, 9-16 (1999). [CrossRef]
• A. Ciattoni, B. Crosignani, and P. D. Porto, "Vectorial free-space optical propagation: a simple approach for generating all-order nonparaxial corrections," Opt. Commun. 177, 9-13 (2000). [CrossRef]
• A. Doicu and T. Wriedt, "Plane wave spectrum of electromagnetic beams," Opt. Commun. 136, 114-124 (1997). [CrossRef]

Opt. Express

• K. S. Youngworth and T. G. Brown, "Focusing of high numerical aperture cylindrical- vector beams," Opt. Express 7, 77-87 (2000), http://www.opticsexpress.org/abstract.cfm?URI=OPEX-7-2-77. [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Opt. Lett.

• P. Varga and P. Török, "Exact and approximate solutions of Maxwell’s equations for a confocal cavity," Opt. Lett. 21, 1523-1525 (1996). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
• R. H. Jordan and D. G. Hall, "Free-space azimuthal paraxial wave equation: the azimuthal Bessel-Gauss beam solution," Opt. Lett. 19, 427-429 (1994). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Phys. Rev. A

• L. W. Davis, "Theory of electromagnetic beams," Phys. Rev. A 19, 1177-1179 (1979). [CrossRef]

Proc. R. Soc. London, Ser. A

• B. Richards and E. Wolf, "Electromagnetic diffraction in optical systems II. Structure of the image field in an aplanatic system," Proc. R. Soc. London, Ser. A 253, 358-370 (1959). [CrossRef]

Other

• P. M. Morse and H. Feshbach, Methods of Theoretical Physics (McGraw-Hill, 1953), p. 21-31.
• L. B. Felsen and N. Marcuvitz, Radiation and Scattering of Wave (IEEE PRESS, 1994), p. 183-252.

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