A new method for generating a hollow Gaussian beam

被引:36
作者
Wei, Cun [1 ]
Lu, Xingyuan [1 ]
Wu, Gaofeng [1 ]
Wang, Fei [1 ]
Cai, Yangjian [1 ]
机构
[1] Suzhou Univ, Sch Phys Sci & Technol, Suzhou 215006, Peoples R China
来源
APPLIED PHYSICS B-LASERS AND OPTICS | 2014年 / 115卷 / 01期
基金
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词
NONPARAXIAL PROPAGATION; PHASE SINGULARITIES; COHERENT; MODES; PATTERNS;
D O I
10.1007/s00340-013-5572-5
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
Hollow Gaussian beam (HGB) was introduced 10 years ago (Cai et al. in Opt Lett 28:1084, 2003). In this paper, we introduce a new method for generating a HGB through transforming a Laguerre-Gaussian beam with radial index 0 and azimuthal index l into a HGB with mode n = l/2. Furthermore, we report experimental generation of a HGB based on the proposed method, and we carry out experimental study of the focusing properties of the generated HGB. Our experimental results agree well with the theoretical predictions.
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页码:55 / 60
页数:6
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