Mode mapping in paraxial lossless optics
Optics Letters, Vol. 30, Issue 12, pp. 1461-1463 (2005)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.30.001461
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Abstract
A Collins transformation maps an orthonormal set of Hermite-Gaussian modes into an orthonormal set of beams with a Gaussian envelope. Among these beams are Laguerre-Gaussian beams and the recently introduced Hermite-Laguerre-Gaussian beams. Compact expressions for the complex field amplitudes of these modes are derived. The results obtained are useful for description of the propagation of light through first-order optical systems, for the solution of the phase-retrieval problem by noninterferometric techniques, and for the design of mode converters and information processing systems.
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OCIS Codes
(030.4070) Coherence and statistical optics : Modes
(070.2580) Fourier optics and signal processing : Paraxial wave optics
(070.4690) Fourier optics and signal processing : Morphological transformations
(120.4820) Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology : Optical systems
(140.3300) Lasers and laser optics : Laser beam shaping
Citation
Tatiana Alieva and Martin J. Bastiaans, "Mode mapping in paraxial lossless optics," Opt. Lett. 30, 1461-1463 (2005)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ol/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-30-12-1461
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