Far-field intensity distribution, M-2 factor, and propagation of flattenedGaussian beams

Authors
Lu, BD Zhang, B Luo, SR
Citation
Bd. Lu et al., Far-field intensity distribution, M-2 factor, and propagation of flattenedGaussian beams, APPL OPTICS, 38(21), 1999, pp. 4581-4584
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science","Optics & Acoustics
Journal title
APPLIED OPTICS
ISSN journal
00036935 → ACNP
Volume
38
Issue
21
Year of publication
1999
Pages
4581 - 4584
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-6935(19990720)38:21<4581:FIDMFA>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
Explicit expressions for the M-2 factor and field distribution of flattened Gaussian beams that propagate through an unapertured paraxial ABCD system are derived and illustrated with numerical examples. We show that the far-f ield expression of flattened Gaussian beams can be readily obtained by use of our results. (C) 1999 Optical Society of America.