• DocumentCode
    2138272
  • Title

    Gaussian beam in linear gradient-index medium

  • Author

    Kovalev, A.A. ; Kotlyar, V.V.

  • Author_Institution
    Image Process. Syst. Inst., Samara, Russia
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    9-13 Sept. 2013
  • Firstpage
    254
  • Lastpage
    256
  • Abstract
    We have obtained an integral transform describing paraxial propagation of a light beam in gradient-index medium with linear dependence of dielectric permittivity on transverse Cartesian coordinates. We have shown that propagation of light in such medium is equivalent to passing through the prism, propagating in homogeneous medium and again passing through the same prism. We have also shown that for the Gaussian beam, propagating in such medium, its center is being shifted along a parabola, its radius is coinciding with radius of the Gaussian beam in homogeneous medium.
  • Keywords
    gradient index optics; laser beams; light propagation; permittivity; Gaussian beam; dielectric permittivity; homogeneous medium; integral transform; light beam; linear gradient-index medium; paraxial propagation; prism; transverse Cartesian coordinates; Dielectrics; Laser beams; Optical propagation; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Refractive index; Transforms;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Advanced Optoelectronics and Lasers (CAOL), 2013 International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Sudak
  • ISSN
    2160-1518
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4799-0016-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CAOL.2013.6657598
  • Filename
    6657598