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Abstract:
The analytical expressions of hypergeometric-Gaussian type-II (HyGG-II) beams propagating in the quadratic-index medium are deduced based on the ABCD optical transformation matrix method. The propagation properties of HyGG-II beams in the quadratic-index medium are numerically and theoretically analyzed in detail. The intensity distribution and the second-order moment-based beam width vary periodically when the HyGG-II beams pass through the quadratic-index medium. The interactions of two HyGG-II beams are also discussed graphically.
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