Exact analytical solution for the vector electromagnetic field of Gaussian, flattened Gaussian, and annular Gaussian laser modes

Optics Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1447-1449

  Sepke, Scott M ^a   Umstadter, Donald P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOURIER-GEGENBAUER SERIES; GAUSSIAN MODES; VECTOR INTEGRAL SOLUTION;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; VECTORS;

LASER PULSES;

EID: 33745746656     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: 15394794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.31.001447     Document Type: Article

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