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The Generation of Higher-order Laguerre-Gauss Optical Beams for High-precision Interferometry
Published on: August 12, 2013
Considerations on the electromagnetic flow in Airy beams based on the Gouy phase
Carlos J Zapata-Rodríguez1, David Pastor, Juan J Miret
1Department of Optics, University of Valencia, Dr. Moliner 50, 46100 Burjassot, Spain. carlos.zapata@uv.es
Abstract:
We reexamine the Gouy phase in ballistic Airy beams (AiBs). A physical interpretation of our analysis is derived in terms of the local phase velocity and the Poynting vector streamlines. Recent experiments employing AiBs are consistent with our results. We provide an approach which potentially applies to any finite-energy paraxial wave field that lacks a beam axis.
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