GOUY SHIFT AND TEMPORAL RESHAPING OF FOCUSED SINGLE-CYCLE ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSES

Authors
FENG SM WINFUL HG HELLWARTH RW
Citation
Sm. Feng et al., GOUY SHIFT AND TEMPORAL RESHAPING OF FOCUSED SINGLE-CYCLE ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSES, Optics letters, 23(5), 1998, pp. 385-387
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
01469592
Volume
23
Issue
5
Year of publication
1998
Pages
385 - 387
Database
ISI
SICI code
0146-9592(1998)23:5<385:GSATRO>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
We discuss exact solutions of Maxwell's equations that describe the ev olution of single-cycle electromagnetic pulses. The solutions are appl ied to recent observations of the diffraction transformation of terahe rtz pulses. In particular, we elucidate the role of the Gouy shift in the temporal reshaping and polarity reversals of single-cycle terahert z pulses. (C) 1998 Optical Society of America.