Focusing of linearly-, and circularly polarized Gaussian background vortex beams by a high numerical aperture system afflicted with third-order astigmatism

Optics Communications

Volumn 281, Issue 24, 2008, Pages 5939-5948

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

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Intensity distribution; Optical vortex; Polarization state; Topological charge; Vectorial diffraction

Indexed keywords

EID: 55549105043     PISSN: 00304018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optcom.2008.09.036     Document Type: Article

References (44)

1. Allen L., Beijersbergen M.W., Spreeuw R.J.C., and Woerdman J.P. Phys. Rev. A. 45 (1992) 8185
2. Khonina S.N., Kotlyar V.V., Shinkaryev M.V., Soifer V.A., and Uspleniev G.V. J. Mod. Opt. 39 (1992) 985
3. Basistiy I.V., Bazhenov V.Yu., Soskin M.S., and Vasnetsov M.V. Opt. Commun. 103 (1993) 422
4. Indebetouw G. J. Mod. Opt. 40 (1993) 73
5. Soskin M.S., Gorshkov V.N., Vasnetsov M.V., Malos J.T., and Heckenberg N.R. Phys. Rev. A 56 (1997) 4064
6. Simpson N.B., Dholakia K., Allen L., and Padgett M.J. Opt. Lett. 22 (1997) 52
7. M.S. Soskin, M.V. Vasnetsov, Singular optics, in E. Wolf (Ed.) Progress in Optics, vol. 42, North Holland, 2001, p. 219.
8. Rozas D., Law C.T., and Swartzlander Jr. G.A. J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 14 (1997) 3054
9. Richards B., and Wolf E. Proc. R. Soc. A 253 (1959) 358
10. Boivin A., and Wolf E. Phys. Rev. 138 (1965) B1561
11. Sheppard C.J.R. Appl. Opt. 27 (1988) 4782
12. Visser T.D., and Wiersma S.H. J. Opt. Soc. Am. A8 (1991) 1404
13. Kant R. J. Mod. Opt. 42 (1995) 299
14. Youngworth K., and Brown T. Opt. Express. 7 (2000) 77
15. Helseth L.E. Opt. Commun. 191 (2001) 61
16. Sheppard C.J.R. J. Opt. Soc. Am. A18 (2001) 1579
17. Ganic D., Gan X., and Gu M. Opt. Express. 11 (2003) 2747
18. Pereira S.F., and Vade Nes A.S. Opt. Commun. 234 (2004) 119
19. Torok P., and Munro P.R.T. Opt. Express. 12 (2004) 3605
20. Biss D.P., and Brown T.G. Opt. Express. 12 (2004) 384
21. Quabis S., Dorn R., and Leuchs G. Appl. Phys. B81 (2005) 597
22. Bomzon Z., Gu M., and Shamir J. Appl. Phys. Lett. 89 (2006) 241104
23. Zhan Q. Opt. Lett. 31 (2006) 867
24. Diehl D.W., Schoonover R.W., and Visser T.D. Opt. Express. 14 (2006) 3030
25. Iketaki Y., Watanabe T., Bokor N., and Fujii M. Opt. Lett. 32 (2007) 2357
26. Bokor N., Iketaki Y., Watanabe T., Daigoku K., Davidson N., and Fujii M. Opt. Commun. 272 (2007) 263
27. Levenson M.D., Ebihara T., Dai G., Morikawa Y., Hayashi N., and Tan S.M. J. Microlith. Microfab. Microsys. 3 (2004) 293
28. Unno Y., Ebihara T., and Levenson M.D. J. Microlith. Microfab. Microsys. 4 (2005) 023006
29. Simpson N.B., Allen L., and Padgett M.J. J. Mod. Opt. 43 (1996) 2485
30. Heckenberg N.R., Nieminen T.A., J Friese M.E., and Rubinsztein-Dunlop H. Proc. SPIE 3487 (1998) 46
31. Iketaki Y., Watanabe T., Sakai M., Ishiuchi S.-I., Fujii M., and Watanabe T. Opt. Eng. 44 (2004) 033602
32. Willig K.I., Keller J., Bossi M., and Hell S.W. New J. Phys. 8 (2006) 106
33. Jaroszewicz Z., and Kolodziejczyk A. Opt. Commun. 102 (1993) 391
34. Condell W.J. J. Opt. Soc. Am. A2 (1985) 206
35. Sundbeck S., Gruzberg I., and Grier D.G. Opt. Lett. 30 (2005) 477
36. Roichman Y., Waldron A., Gardel E., and Grier D.G. Appl. Opt. 45 (2006) 3425
37. Fatemi F.K., and Bashkansky M. Appl. Opt. 46 (2007) 7573
38. Singh R.K., Senthilkumaran P., and Singh K. Opt. Laser Eng. 45 (2007) 773
39. Singh R.K., Senthilkumaran P., and Singh K. J. Opt. A: Pure Appl. Opt. 9 (2007) 543
40. Singh R.K., Senthilkumaran P., and Singh K. Opt. Commun. 281 (2008) 923
41. Braat J.J.M., Dirksen P., Janssen A.J.E.M., and van de Nes A.S. J. Opt. Soc. Am. A20 (2003) 2281
42. Singh R.K., Senthilkumaran P., and Singh K. J. Opt. Soc. Am. A25 (2008) 1307
43. Singh R.K., Senthilkumaran P., and Singh K. J. Opt. A: Pure Appl. Opt 10 (2008) 075008
44. Nieminen T.A., Heckenberg N.R., and Rubinsztein-Dunlop H. Angular momentum of a strongly focused Gaussian beam (2004) arXiv: phys/0408080