Nonparaxial polarizers

被引：16
作者：
Aiello, Andrea [1 ]
Marquardt, Christoph [1 ,2 ]
Leuchs, Gerd [1 ,2 ]
机构：
[1] Max Planck Inst Sci Light, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany
[2] Univ Erlangen Nurnberg, Inst Opt Informat & Photon, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany
来源：
OPTICS LETTERS | 2009年 / 34卷 / 20期
关键词：
SINGLE MOLECULES; LASER-BEAMS; POLARIZATION; OPTICS; LIGHT; MAXWELL; VACUUM;
D O I：
10.1364/OL.34.003160
中图分类号：
O43 [光学];
学科分类号：
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要：
We develop a theoretical description for polarizers that goes beyond the paraxial approximation. By combining existing theories for fields with nonplanar wavefronts, we are able to derive a simple power series expansion expressing the electric field of a light beam after a polarizer as a linear function of the field and its spatial derivatives evaluated before the polarizer. The first few terms of such expansion are explicitly given, and their physical meaning is discussed. (C) 2009 Optical Society of America
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页码：3160 / 3162
页数：3
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