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Considerations on the electromagnetic flow in Airy beams based on the Gouy phase |
Optics Express, Vol. 20, Issue 21, pp. 23553-23558 (2012)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.20.023553
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Abstract
We reexamine the Gouy phase in ballistic Airy beams (AiBs). A physical interpretation of our analysis is derived in terms of the local phase velocity and the Poynting vector streamlines. Recent experiments employing AiBs are consistent with our results. We provide an approach which potentially applies to any finite-energy paraxial wave field that lacks a beam axis.
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OCIS Codes
(260.1960) Physical optics : Diffraction theory
(350.5030) Other areas of optics : Phase
(070.7345) Fourier optics and signal processing : Wave propagation
ToC Category:
Physical Optics
History
Original Manuscript: July 10, 2012
Revised Manuscript: August 6, 2012
Manuscript Accepted: August 6, 2012
Published: September 28, 2012
Citation
Carlos J. Zapata-Rodríguez, David Pastor, and Juan J. Miret, "Considerations on the electromagnetic flow in Airy beams based on the Gouy phase," Opt. Express 20, 23553-23558 (2012)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-20-21-23553
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