Vectorial structure of electromagnetic beams: closet field to a polarized Gaussian beam

Rosario Martinez-Herrero; Pedro M. Mejias; Salvador Bosch; Arturo Carnicer

doi:10.1117/12.531104

19 November 2003 Vectorial structure of electromagnetic beams: closest field to a polarized Gaussian beam

Rosario Martinez-Herrero, Pedro M. Mejias, Salvador Bosch, Arturo Carnicer

Proceedings Volume 4829, 19th Congress of the International Commission for Optics: Optics for the Quality of Life; (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.531104
Event: 19th Congress of the International Commission for Optics: Optics for the Quality of Life, 2002, Florence, Italy

Abstract

On the basis of a representation of the general solution of the Maxwell equations in terms of the angular spectrum of the electromagnetic field, the concept of the so-called closest solution to a given field is analyzed. In particular, we investigate the spatial profile and the polarization structure of the closest field to a polarized Gaussian beam.

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Rosario Martinez-Herrero, Pedro M. Mejias, Salvador Bosch, and Arturo Carnicer "Vectorial structure of electromagnetic beams: closest field to a polarized Gaussian beam", Proc. SPIE 4829, 19th Congress of the International Commission for Optics: Optics for the Quality of Life, (19 November 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.531104

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