• DocumentCode
    978366
  • Title

    Relations between Hermite and Laguerre Gaussian modes

  • Author

    Kimel, Isidoro ; Elias, Luis R.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., Univ. of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA
  • Volume
    29
  • Issue
    9
  • fYear
    1993
  • fDate
    9/1/1993 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    2562
  • Lastpage
    2567
  • Abstract
    Relations between Hermite (HG) and Laguerre (LG) Gaussian modes are derived. With these, a LG mode is written as a sum of HG modes, and vice versa. These mode relations are derived from addition identities between a Laguerre polynomial and a pair of Hermite polynomials. The addition relations are derived in two appendices. One figure illustrates the contents of a LG mode in terms of HG modes while a second figure shows the translation in the opposite direction
  • Keywords
    laser modes; laser theory; polynomials; Hermite Gaussian modes; Hermite polynomials; Laguerre Gaussian modes; Laguerre polynomial; addition relations; laser modes; laser theory; Apertures; Diffraction; Geometrical optics; Geometry; Laser modes; Mercury (metals); Physics; Polynomials;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9197
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/3.247715
  • Filename
    247715