• DocumentCode
    1113133
  • Title

    LaGuerre-Gaussian periodically focusing beams in a quadratic index medium

  • Author

    Newstein, M. ; Rudman, B.

  • Author_Institution
    Polytechnic University, Farmingdale, NY
  • Volume
    23
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    1987
  • fDate
    5/1/1987 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    481
  • Lastpage
    482
  • Abstract
    The Hermite-Gaussian periodically focusing beam solutions of the scalar paraxial wave equation with quadratic index variation are appropriate for rectangular coordinates. One expects the solutions appropriate to cylindrical coordinates to be LaGuerre-Gaussian multifocusing beams. The phase shifts of these solutions appear not to be available in the published literature. In this note, we present an expression for these phase shifts together with a sketch of its derivation.
  • Keywords
    Gaussian beams; Optical propagation; Optical refraction; Birefringence; Laser beams; Laser modes; Laser theory; Lenses; Optimized production technology; Partial differential equations; Polynomials;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9197
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JQE.1987.1073376
  • Filename
    1073376