PROPAGATION OF SUPER-GAUSSIAN BEAMS

Authors
PALMA C BAGINI V
Citation
C. Palma et V. Bagini, PROPAGATION OF SUPER-GAUSSIAN BEAMS, Optics communications, 111(1-2), 1994, pp. 6-10
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optics communications → ACNP
ISSN journal
00304018
Volume
111
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
6 - 10
Database
ISI
SICI code
0030-4018(1994)111:1-2<6:POSB>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
A mathematical analysis of propagation in free space of super-Gaussian beams under the paraxial approximation is performed by means of a spe cial ''local'' expansion in Laguerre-Gauss beams. A new type of beams recently introduced, flattened gaussian beams, is also used.