Comparative studies of paraxial and nonparaxial vectorial elegant Laguerre-Gaussian beams
Optics Express, Vol. 17, Issue 17, pp. 14865-14871 (2009)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.17.014865
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Abstract
Analytical paraxial and nonparaxial propagation expressions for vectorial elegant Laguerre-Gaussian (eLG) beam together with its even and odd modes are introduced by use of the vectorial Rayleigh-Sommerfeld formulas and the relations between eLG and elegant Hermite-Gaussian (eHG) modes. The propagation features of vectorial eLG beams are studied and analyzed comparatively in the paraxial and nonparaxial regimes with vivid illustration. It is shown that the propagation behavior of nonparaxial vectorial eLG beams is notably different from that of paraxial cases.
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OCIS Codes
(050.1970) Diffraction and gratings : Diffractive optics
(140.3300) Lasers and laser optics : Laser beam shaping
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Physical Optics
History
Original Manuscript: June 2, 2009
Revised Manuscript: July 28, 2009
Manuscript Accepted: August 2, 2009
Published: August 6, 2009
Citation
Zhangrong Mei and Juguan Gu, "Comparative studies of paraxial and nonparaxial vectorial elegant Laguerre-Gaussian beams," Opt. Express 17, 14865-14871 (2009)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-17-17-14865
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