Table of Contents |
| Preface | xiii |
| Foreword | xvii |
1. | Fundamental Gaussian beam | 1 |
1. | Vector potential | 1 |
2. | Electromagnetic fields | 3 |
3. | Radiation intensity | 4 |
4. | Radiative and reactive powers | 6 |
5. | Beam spreading on propagation | 7 |
6. | Magnetic current density | 8 |
7. | Some applications and limitations | 9 |
| References | 10 |
2. | Fundamental Gaussian wave | 13 |
1. | Exact vector potential | 13 |
2. | Exact electromagnetic fields | 15 |
3. | Radiation intensity | 17 |
4. | Radiative and reactive powers | 19 |
5. | Gaussian beam beyond the paraxial approximation | 21 |
| References | 23 |
3. | Origin of point current source in complex space | 25 |
1. | Scalar Gaussian beam | 26 |
2. | Field of a point source | 28 |
3. | Extensions | 29 |
4. | Exact solution | 30 |
| References | 30 |
| Gcussian beam as a bundle of complex rays | 31 |
4. | Basic full Gaussian wave | 35 |
1. | Point source in complex space | 35 |
2. | Electromagnetic fields | 37 |
3. | Radiation intensity | 39 |
4. | Radiative and reactive powers | 40 |
5. | General remarks | 42 |
| References | 43 |
5. | Complex source point theory | 45 |
1. | Derivation of complex space source | 45 |
2. | Asymptotic field | 47 |
3. | Analytic continuation | 48 |
4. | Limiting absorption | 50 |
| References | 53 |
6. | Extended full Gaussian wave | 55 |
1. | Current source of finite extent in complex space | 55 |
2. | Time-averaged power | 58 |
3. | Radiation intensity | 61 |
4. | Radiative and reactive powers | 63 |
| References | 66 |
7. | Cylindrically symmetric transverse magnetic full Gaussian wave | 67 |
1. | Cylindrically symmetric transverse magnetic beam | 67 |
2. | Current source in complex space | 72 |
3. | Cylindrically symmetric TM full wave | 74 |
4. | Real power | 75 |
5. | Reactive power | 78 |
6. | Radiation intensity distribution | 80 |
| References | 82 |
8. | Two higher-order full Gaussian waves | 85 |
1. | Higher-order hollow Gaussian wave | 85 |
1.1. | Paraxial beam | 85 |
1.2. | Complex space source | 87 |
1.3. | Hollow Gaussian wave | 88 |
2. | Cosh-Gauss Wave | 90 |
2.1. | Cosh-Gauss Beam | 90 |
2.2. | Complex space source | 92 |
2.3. | Cosh-Gauss Wave | 93 |
| References | 94 |
9. | Basic full complex-argument Laguerre--Gauss wave | 97 |
1. | Complex-argument Laguerre--Gauss beam | 97 |
1.1. | Paraxial beam | 97 |
1.2. | Time-averaged power | 100 |
2. | Complex space source | 101 |
3. | Complex-argument Laguerre-Gauss wave | 103 |
4. | Real and reactive powers | 104 |
| References | 109 |
10. | Basic full real-argument Laguerre--Gauss wave | 111 |
1. | Real-argument Laguerre--Gauss beam | 111 |
1.1. | Paraxial beam | 111 |
1.2. | Complex power | 114 |
2. | Real-argument Laguerre--Gauss wave | 116 |
3. | Real and reactive powers | 118 |
| References | 122 |
11. | Basic full complex-argument Hermite--Gauss wave | 123 |
1. | Complex-argument Hermite--Gauss beam | 123 |
1.1. | Paraxial beam | 123 |
1.2. | Time-averaged power | 126 |
2. | Complex-argument Hermite--Gauss wave | 128 |
3. | Real and reactive powers | 130 |
| References | 135 |
12. | Basic full real-argument Hermite--Gauss wave | 137 |
1. | Real-argument Hermite--Gauss beam | 137 |
1.1. | Paraxial beam | 137 |
1.2. | Time-averaged power | 139 |
2. | Real-argument Hermite--Gauss wave | 140 |
3. | Real and reactive powers | 142 |
Appendix AA | Evaluation of the integral Im(x,z) | 147 |
Appendix AB | Complex space source | 148 |
| References | 149 |
13. | Basic full modified Bessel--Gauss wave | 151 |
1. | Modified Bessel--Gauss beam | 151 |
1.1. | Paraxial beam | 151 |
1.2. | Time-averaged power | 153 |
2. | Modified Bessel--Gauss wave | 155 |
3. | Real and reactive powers | 156 |
| References | 158 |
14. | Partially coherent and partially incoherent full Gaussian wave | 161 |
1. | Extended full-wave generalization of the paraxial beam | 162 |
2. | Cross-spectral density | 165 |
3. | Radiation intensity for the partially coherent source | 169 |
4. | Time-averaged power for the partially coherent source | 173 |
5. | Radiation intensity for the partially incoherent source | 175 |
6. | Time-averaged power for the partially incoherent source | 178 |
7. | General remarks | 178 |
| References | 180 |
15. | Airy beams and waves | 181 |
1. | Fundamental Airy beam | 181 |
2. | Modified fundamental Airy beam | 184 |
3. | Fundamental Airy wave | 187 |
2. | Basic full modified Airy wave | 190 |
5. | Remarks | 197 |
| References | 197 |
Appendix A | Green's function for the Helmholtz equation | 199 |
A.1. | Three-dimensional scalar Green's function | 199 |
A.2. | Fourier transform of scalar Green's function | 201 |
A.3. | Bessel transform of scalar Green's function | 203 |
| Reference | 204 |
Appendix B | An integral | 205 |
Appendix C | Green's function for the paraxial equation | 207 |
C.1. | Paraxial approximation | 207 |
C.2. | Green's function Gp(x,y,z) | 208 |
C.3. | Fourier transform Gp(px,py,z) | 209 |
C.4. | Bessel transform Gp(η,z) | 209 |
| References | 211 |
Appendix D | Electromagnetic fields | 213 |
D.1. | Poynting vector and generated power | 213 |
D.2. | Vector potentials | 216 |
| References | 217 |
Appendix E | Airy integral | 219 |
| References | 220 |
| Index | 221 |