Effect of primary coma on the focusing of a Laguerre-Gaussian beam by a high numerical aperture system; Vectorial diffraction theory

Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Singh, Rakesh Kumar ^a   Senthilkumaran, P ^a   Singh, Kehar ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Debye integral; Intensity distribution; Laguerre Gaussian beam; Polarization state; Topological charge

Indexed keywords

CHARGE DISTRIBUTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETISM; GAUSSIAN BEAMS; MAGNETISM; PARTICLE BEAMS; TOPOLOGY; TRELLIS CODES;

CIRCULAR SYMMETRY; CIRCULARLY POLARIZED (CP); DARK REGION; FOCUSING SYSTEMS; HIGH INTENSITY; HIGH NUMERICAL APERTURES; INTENSITY DISTRIBUTIONS; LAGUERRE-GAUSSIAN; LAGUERRE-GAUSSIAN (LG) BEAMS; POLARIZATION COMPONENTS; TOPOLOGICAL CHARGES; UNIAXIAL SYMMETRY; VECTORIAL DIFFRACTION;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD THEORY;

EID: 47249139500     PISSN: 14644258     EISSN: 17413567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1464-4258/10/7/075008     Document Type: Article

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