Spectral anomalies of diffracted pulsed Bessel beams in dispersive media

Starting from the Huygens–Fresnel diffraction integral, the analytical expression for the power spectrum of diffracted pulsed Bessel beams in a dispersive media is derived and used to study the spectral anomalies of pulsed Bessel beams in the far field. Numerical results are given to illustrate the dependence of the anomalous spectral behavior on the pulse parameters, aperture parameter and dispersive properties of the medium. It is shown that, near phase singularities, anomalous spectral behavior may take place. The potential applications of spectral anomalies of ultrashort pulsed beams in information encoding and information transmission are considered.     

Spectral anomalies of diffracted pulsed cosh-Gaussian beams in dispersive media

Starting from the Rayleigh–Sommerfeld diffraction integral, the closed-form expressions for the near- and far-field power spectra of diffracted pulsed cosh-Gaussian (ChG) beams propagating in dispersive media are derived, and the anomalous behavior of the far-field spectrum of diffracted pulsed ChG beams in dispersive media is studied. It is shown that near the phase singularities, the spectral switch may take place. The truncation parameter, decentered parameter and pulse duration of pulsed ChG beams and the dispersive property of the medium affect the behavior of the spectral switch of pulsed ChG beams.     

Spectral anomalies of diffracted pulsed Hermite--Gaussian beams in dispersive media

This paper derives and uses the recurrence expressions for the power spectra of diffracted pulsed Hermite-Gaussian （HG） beams in dispersive media to study the spectral anomalies of pulsed HG beams in the far field. Numerical results are given to illustrate the dependence of spectral switches on the pulse parameters, truncation parameter and dispersive property of the medium. The potential application of spectral anomalies of ultrashort pulsed beams in information encoding and transmission is discussed.     

Spectral anomalies of pulsed Hermite-cosh-Gaussian beams focused by an aperture lens

The spectral behaviors of pulsed Hermite-cosh-Gaussian (HChG) beams focused by an aperture lens are studied. The propagation equation for the power spectra of pulsed HChG beams focused by an aperture lens is derived and used to study the spectral anomalies of pulsed HChG beams in the focused field. Numerical results are given to illustrate the dependence of spectral anomalies behavior on the pulse parameter and truncation parameter. The potential applications of spectral anomalies of ultrashort pulsed beams in information encoding and information transmission are considered.     

Spectral anomalies of pulsed Hermite-Gaussian beams in Young’s interference experiment in dispersive media

Starting from the Huygens-Fresnel diffraction integral, the recurrence expression for the power spectra of pulsed Hermite-Gaussian beams in Young’s interference experiment in dispersive media are derived and used to study the spectral anomalies of pulsed Hermite-Gaussian beams in the far field. The results of numerical calculation are given to illustrate the dependence of spectral anomalous behavior on the pulse parameter, slit parameter, diffraction angle and dispersive property of medium. The potential application of spectral anomalies of pulsed Hermite-Gaussian beams in information encoding and information transmission in dispersive media is considered.     

Propagation of ultrashort pulsed beams in dispersive media

Starting from the Rayleigh diffraction integral, the propagation equation of ultrashort pulsed beams in dispersive media is derived without making the paraxial approximation and slowly varying envelope approximation (SVEA). The spatiotemporal properties of ultrashort pulsed beams in dispersive media, such as spectrum redshifting, narrowing and pulse distortion are illustrated with pulsed Gaussian beams. It is stressed that the “antibeam“ behaviour of ultrashort pulsed beams can be avoided, if a suitable truncation function is chosen.     

贝塞尔-高斯脉冲光束在色散介质中的时间和光谱特性

对等衍射长度贝塞尔-高斯脉冲光束在色散介质中的时间和光谱特性作了研究,结果表明,通过选择适当的空间参数,贝塞尔-高斯脉冲光束沿轴上传输时,脉冲宽度不变。传输距离小于无衍射长度时,随衍射角增加,功率谱形状未变,脉冲波形保持不变;传输距离大于无衍射长度时,随衍射角增加,光谱由蓝移变为红移,脉冲展宽。     

贝塞尔-高斯脉冲光束在色散介质中的时间和光谱特性

 对等衍射长度贝塞尔-高斯脉冲光束在色散介质中的时间和光谱特性作了研究,结果表明,通过选择适当的空间参数,贝塞尔-高斯脉冲光束沿轴上传输时,脉冲宽度不变。传输距离小于无衍射长度时,随衍射角增加,功率谱形状未变,脉冲波形保持不变;传输距离大于无衍射长度时,随衍射角增加,光谱由蓝移变为红移,脉冲展宽。     

Spectral behavior of pulsed Bessel beams focused by a dispersive lens

Starting from the Huygens–Fresnel diffraction integral, the analytical expression for the power spectrum of pulsed Bessel beams focused by a dispersive aperture lens is derived and used to study the spectral anomalies of pulsed Bessel beams in the focused field. Numerical calculation results are given to illustrate the dependence of spectral anomalous behavior on the pulse parameters, truncation parameter and material dispersion of the lens. It is shown that near the phase singularities the spectral anomalies may take place. The potential applications of spectral anomalies of ultrashort pulsed beams in information encoding and information transmission are considered.     

Elimination of the spatial singularity of ultrashort pulsed beams in dispersive media

Under the condition that the propagation constant k in dispersive media should be larger than zero, a simple method is proposed to eliminate the spatial singularity of ultrashort pulsed beams propagating in dispersive media. Taking the pulsed Gaussian beam (PGB) as a typical example, the analytical propagation equation in the space–time domain is derived and the spatiotemporal propagation properties of PGBs in normal and anomalous dispersive media are discussed both analytically and numerically. The physical explanation of the results is presented.     

Temporal and spectral properties of ultrashort pulsed Laguerre-Gaussian beams in dispersive media

The temporal and spectral properties of ultrashort pulsed Laguerre-Gaussian (LG) beams propagating in dispersive media are studied both theoretically and numerically. It is shown that the on-axis pulse broadens with increasing propagation distance and the on-axis spectrum is blueshifted. For the off-axis spectrum the blueshifts decrease and then the spectrum becomes redshifted as the radial distance increases. The propagation of ultrashort pulsed LG beams in free space and of ultrashort pulsed Gaussian beams can be regarded as special cases of our results, and some interesting properties are discussed.     

Propagation of the two-dimensional elegant Hermite-cosh-Gaussian beams in strongly nonlocal nonlinear media

In this paper, two-dimensional elegant Hermite-cosh-Gaussian beams are introduced and an analytical expression for the beam propagation through an optical ABCD system is derived by using Collins formula. By considering the transfer matrix of the strongly nonlocal nonlinear media, the propagation properties of a two-dimensional elegant Hermite-cosh-Gaussian beam through these media are investigated.     

Spectral changes of diffracted polychromatic Gaussian beams in the far field

The spectral behavior of polychromatic spatially fully coherent Gaussian beams diffracted at an aperture in the far field is studied based on the propagation law of the cross-spectral density function. Detailed numerical calculation results are presented, and illustrated. It is shown that the spectral changes take place in the vicinity of zeros of the Airy pattern, and the spectral modifier depends on the truncation parameter δ and diffraction angle α. The critical diffraction angle α_c, at which the spectrum is split into two lines with equal height i.e., the spectral switch appears, varies with truncation parameter δ. The spectral switch vanishes if δ becomes large enough. A detailed comparison with the previous publications is given, showing somewhat extension made in our work.     

Spectral and spatiotemporal properties of Bessel–Gauss pulsed beams focused by a dispersive aperture lens

The spectral and spatiotemporal properties of Bessel–Gauss pulsed beams focused by a dispersive aperture lens are studied, where the dispersion of the first, second, and higher orders is taken into consideration. It is shown that the spectral switches take place at the geometrical focal plane, and the dispersion of the first order leads to a shift of the critical position towards the z-axis. The dispersion plays a noticeable role in the spatiotemporal intensity distribution. The dispersion of the first order results in a decrease of the peak intensity, in a shift and a broadening of the pulse form, and the effect becomes more noticeable with increasing waist width. The dispersion of the second order results in a further broadening and a decrease of the peak intensity, and the effect is larger as the thickness of the lens increases. However, the dispersion of the higher order plays a relatively minor role. The results are illustrated by numerical examples and interpreted physically.     

Spectral switches of partially coherent nonparaxial beams diffracted at an aperture

Based on the generalized Rayleigh diffraction integral, the spectral shifts and spectral switches of nonparaxial partially coherent beams diffracted at an aperture are studied. Our main attention is paid to the effect of beam nonparaxiality on the spectral switches of partially coherent beams. It is shown that the spatial coherent parameter β, trunction parameter δ and waist width-to-central wavelength ratio w₀/λ₀ affect the behavior of spectral switches. Only when β, δ and w₀/λ₀ satisfy certain conditions, can the difference between the nonparaxial and paraxial results be negligible. The discrepancy arises physically from the change of the spectral modifier by using the paraxial approximation.     

Spectral anomalies of diffracted chirped Gaussian pulses and their potential applications

Starting from the Rayleigh-Sommerfeld diffraction integral and without invoking the paraxial approximation, analytical expressions for the field distribution, far-field power spectrum and temporal far-field distribution of chirped Gaussian pulses diffracted at a circular aperture are derived, which enables us to study the spectral anomalous behavior of diffracted chirped Gaussian pulses in the far field. The potential applications of spectral anomalies of ultrashort pulses are discussed. It is found that at the critical angle the spectral switch appears. The frequency difference between the two equal heights of spectral switches increases and the corresponding critical diffraction angle slightly increases as the chirp parameter increases and pulse duration decreases. In a certain region of the truncation parameter, the critical angle decreases with increasing truncation parameter. By suitably varying the pulse duration, chirp parameter and truncation parameter, information encoding and transmission are achievable in the use of chirped Gaussian pulses.     

Influence of turbulence on the spectrum of diffracted chirped Gaussian pulsed beams

The influence of turbulence on the spectrum of diffracted chirped Gaussian pulsed beams is studied in detail. By using the quadratic approximation of the Rytov’s phase structure function and the finite expansion of the aperture function, the analytical expression for the spectrum of diffracted chirped Gaussian pulsed beams propagating through atmospheric turbulence is derived. It is shown that in free space there exist the on-axis and off-axis multi-spectral switch for diffracted chirped Gaussian pulsed beams. However, the turbulence results in a decrease of the spectral transition height, and the spectral switch even disappears when the turbulence is strong enough, which is very different from the behavior of undiffracted chirped Gaussian pulsed beams. Specially, with increasing the strength of turbulence, the higher-order spectral switch disappears firstly for on-axis case, while the lower-order spectral switch disappears firstly for off-axis case. In free space the on-axis spectrum is blue-shifted after a certain propagation distance, but the on-axis spectrum is red-shifted after a shorter propagation distance when the turbulence is strong enough. The spectral transition height increases with increasing the chirp parameter and decreasing the pulse duration, and the odd number order position without spectral shift is independent of the chirp parameter and pulse duration.     

Focal shift in focused off-axial Hermite-cosh-Gaussian beams

Based on the encircled-power criterion, the focal shift of off-axial Hermite-cosh-Gaussian beams passing through an apertured lens is studied and illustrated with detailed numerical examples. The dependence of focal shift on the beam and optical system parameters is discussed.     

Parametric characterization of truncated Hermite-cosh-Gaussian beams

Starting from the generalized second-order moments definition, a closed-form expression of M_G²-factor of hard-edge diffracted Hermite-cosh-Gaussian beams is investigated theoretically and some numerical calculations examples are illustrated. Our results constitute a more generalized study of M_G²-factor of some laser beams.     

Propagation of Hermite-cosh-Gaussian laser beams in n-InSb

The propagation of Hermite-cosh-Gaussian (HChG) laser beams in n-InSb are investigated for 0, 1 and 2 mode indices. The field distribution in the medium is expressed in terms of beam-width parameter f and decentred parameter b. The differential equations for f-parameter are established by parabolic wave equation approach under paraxial approximation. Analytical solutions are obtained under the condition R_n < R_d, where, R_n is the self-focusing length and R_d is the diffraction length. The behaviour of f-parameter with the dimensionless distance of propagation η for various b values is examined by numerical estimates. The results are presented graphically.