Propagation properties of vectorial elliptical Gaussian beams beyond the paraxial approximation

Optics and Laser Technology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 489-496

  Duan, Kailiang ^a,b   Lü, Baida ^b,c  

^a LUOYANG NORMAL COLLEGE   (China)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Beam width; Divergence angle; Irradiance distribution; Non paraxial vectorial elliptical beam; Vectorial Rayleigh diffraction integral

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; IRRADIATION; LASER BEAMS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; MONOCHROMATORS; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING; VECTORS;

BEAM WIDTH; DIVERGENCE ANGLES; IRADIANCE DISTRIBUTIONS; NON-PARAXIAL VECTORIAL ELLIPTICAL BEAMS; VECTORIAL RAYLEIGH DIFFRACTION INTEGRALS;

LASER OPTICS;

EID: 2642531969     PISSN: 00303992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optlastec.2003.12.011     Document Type: Article

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