Transformations of spherical beam shape coefficients in generalized Lorenz-Mie theories through rotations of coordinate systems. IV. Plane waves

This paper is the fourth of a series devoted to the transformation of beam shape coefficients through rotations of coordinate systems. These coefficients are required to express electromagnetic fields of laser beams in expanded forms, for instance for use in some generalized Lorenz-Mie theories. The main result of Part I has been the theorem of transformation of beam shape coefficients under rotations. Part II dealt with the special case of on-axis axisymmetric beams. Part III dealt with other special cases, namely when the Euler angles specifying the rotation are given some special values. The present Part IV studies another special case, namely the one of plane waves viewed as special on-axis axisymmetric beams, and can therefore be viewed as a special case of Part II. Unexpectedly, it is found that, in general, although plane waves are fairly trivial, their expansions require using non trivial beam shape coefficients, exactly as required when dealing with arbitrary shaped beams.     

Transformations of spherical beam shape coefficients in generalized Lorenz-Mie theories through rotations of coordinate systems. V. Localized beam models

This paper is the fifth of a series of papers devoted to the transformation of beam shape coefficients through rotations of coordinate systems. These coefficients are required to express electromagnetic fields of laser beams in expanded forms, for use in some generalized Lorenz-Mie theories, or in other light scattering approaches such as Extended Boundary Condition Method. Part I was devoted to the general formulation. Parts II, III, IV were devoted to special cases, namely axisymmetric beams, special values of Euler angles, and plane waves respectively. The present Part V is devoted to the study of localized approximation and localized beam models, and of their behavior under the rotation of coordinate systems.     

Transformations of spherical beam shape coefficients in generalized Lorenz-Mie theories through rotations of coordinate systems: I. General formulation

The generalized Lorenz-Mie theory in the strict sense describes the interaction between an illuminating arbitrary shaped beam and a homogeneous sphere characterized by its diameter d and its complex refractive index m. It relies on the method of separation of variables expressed in spherical coordinates. Other generalized Lorenz-Mie theories (for other kinds of scatterers) expressed in spherical coordinates are available too. In these theories, the illuminating beam is expressed by using expansions with expansion coefficients depending on some fundamental coefficients named beam shape coefficients, more specifically spherical beam shape coefficients. In this paper we present a general formulation for the transformation of spherical beam shape coefficients through rotations of coordinate systems.     

Modeling of Multiple Scattering from an Ensemble of Spheres in a Laser Beam

This paper details the results of upgrading an effective numerical technique (derived for multiple-scattering simulations in photon correlation/cross-correlation with a plane-wave light source) for the modeling of multiple scattering in a laser beam. The off-axis shape coefficients of an arbitrary beam are computed starting from the set of known beam-shape coefficients for an on-axis location by using the addition theorem for the spherical vector wavefunctions of the first kind. The discussed technique is verified by comparison with a localized approximation for a focused Gaussian beam and with Barton's spheres-arbitrary beam interaction theory. An additional advantage of the proposed technique (self-testing of the computation accuracy by comparison of the off-axis beam-shape coefficients evaluated from two different on-axis origins) is demonstrated.     

离心球对高斯波束的光散射及应用

基于广义米氏理论研究了在轴离心球对高斯波束光散射特性.入射高斯波束的波束因子用积分区域近似法计算,散射场的展开系数由矢量球面波函数的加法定理并求解边界条件得到.以离心球为模型研究了单核生物细胞对高斯波束的散射特性并给出了相关数值模拟,讨论了离心距、波束的束腰半径和核的大小对散射强度角分布和散射、消光系数的影响.     

二维高斯波束对多层球粒子电磁散射的解析解

基于矢量波函数在球和柱坐标系中表达式之间的转换关系,提出了一种求解球坐标系中二维高斯波束波形因子的方法,得到了二维高斯波束波形因子在球坐标系中的解析公式.结合广义米理论推导了在轴二维高斯波束入射多层球粒子的电磁散射的解析解,并对散射强度随散射角的分布进行了数值模拟,结果与平面波入射情况进行了比较. 关键词： 矢量波函数 波形因子 电磁散射 广义米理论     

Wavelength-dependent intensity distribution of a Gaussian beam scattered by a spherical particle

The wavelength-dependent intensity of a light beam scattered by an isotropic homogeneous particle illuminated with an on-axis monochromatic polarized Gaussian beam is calculated in this paper. The vector spherical harmonics expansion and T transformation matrix are used to form the theoretical basis. Numerical results show that the angular intensity distribution is symmetric for an on-axis polarized Gaussian beam illumination upon an aqueous spherical particle at 473, 532 and 660 nm. For the specified aqueous spherical particle, the scattered intensity distribution decreases with increase in wavelengths.     

均匀椭球粒子对拉盖尔-高斯光束的散射特性研究

基于广义Mie理论, 研究了椭球粒子对在轴入射的拉盖尔-高斯光束的散射特性. 通过局域近似法求解椭球坐标系中的波束因子, 计算得到了波束因子之间满足的普遍关系. 对散射强度随椭球粒子不同尺寸参数和扁圆程度的变化特性进行了数值计算, 并针对不同拓扑荷时的散射强度进行了对比分析. 结果表明: 当椭球粒子尺寸在与入射光波长可比拟的范围内变化时, 散射强度随尺寸参数的增大而增大, 随椭球长短轴之比和拓扑荷的增大而减小. 本文的理论研究能够为拉盖尔-高斯光束在粒径测量、大气激光通信、 大气遥感等领域的应用提供更准确的粒子模型和参考价值. 关键词： 椭球粒子 拉盖尔-高斯光束 波束因子 散射强度     

Effect of spherical aberration on scintillations of Gaussian beams in atmospheric turbulence

The effect of spherical aberration on scintillations of Gaussian beams in weak, moderate and strong turbulence is studied using numerical simulation method. It is found that the effect of the negative spherical aberration on the on-axis scintillation index is quite different from that of the positive spherical aberration. In weak turbulence, the positive spherical aberration results in a decrease of the on-axis scintillation index on propagation, but the negative spherical aberration results in an increase of the on-axis scintillation index when the propagation distance is not large. In particular, in weak turbulence the negative spherical aberration may cause peaks of the on-axis scintillation index, and the peaks disappear in moderate and strong turbulence, which is explained in physics. The strong turbulence leads to less discrepancy among scintillations of Gaussian beams with and without spherical aberration.     

分数傅里叶变换面上余弦-高斯光束的变换特性

 利用Wigner分布函数的方法，研究了余弦-高斯光束的分数傅里叶变换特性。导出了余弦-高斯光束在分数傅里叶变换面上光强分布和束宽的解析计算公式，并对此进行了数值模拟计算。研究表明：分数傅里叶变换阶数对余弦-高斯光束的光强分布有明显影响，余弦-高斯光束的轴上光强随分数傅里叶变换阶数呈周期性变化，束宽随分数傅里叶变换阶数也呈周期性变化，周期为2；对给定调制参数的余弦-高斯光束，通过适当选取分数傅里叶变化阶数可以获得平顶的光强分布。     

啁啾脉冲高斯光束在大气湍流中的传输特性北大核心CSCD

基于广义惠更斯-菲涅耳原理,推导出啁啾脉冲高斯光束在湍流大气中传输的光谱解析表达式,并对解析表达式进行了数值仿真。结果表明:啁啾参数越大,光源谱宽越宽;当光源相对谱宽大于0.336时,轴上点光谱产生蓝移;湍流使得轴上点光谱的相对频移量减小,相对频移量随源光谱宽的增大而非线性增大;增大光束束腰半径可减小湍流对光谱频移、光束展宽的影响。     

Intensity distribution around the focal regions of real axicons

We present a theoretical and experimental study of the intensity distribution of a laser beam, after its propagation through a real axicon. We show that, while an ideal axicon generates Bessel-like radial intensity profile and smooth on-axis intensity around the focal region, in practice, the bluntness of the tip of the axicon causes significant deviations from these profiles. In particular, strong oscillations occur on the on-axis intensity. The input beam size also plays a strong role; for small beams the axicon acts more like a conventional lens, while for the large ones, it exhibits two focal regions. We also propose scheme for apodization. In all cases, the experiments match closely with the calculations. Our results show that axicons cannot be assumed to always generate smooth on-axis intensities and the structures coming from the real profiles should be taken into account for most applications.     

Scintillations of Laguerre Gaussian beams

By using the Rytov method, we formulate and numerically evaluate the scintillations of Laguerre Gaussian beams in weak atmospheric turbulence. Our results indicate that at on-axis positions, Laguerre Gaussian beams with zero angular mode number will have less scintillations than fundamental Gaussian beams, where the amount of scintillations will further decrease with rising radial mode number. When off-axis positions are considered, this situation reverses however, and the scintillations of Laguerre Gaussian beams become generally higher than the fundamental Gaussian beam. Plotted against the source size, the on-axis scintillations of Laguerre Gaussian beams fall below the fundamental Gaussian beam, following the same trend as the fundamental Gaussian beam all throughout the source size range examined.     

多色高斯-谢尔模型光束通过球差透镜的光谱变化

基于部分相干光的传输方程研究了多色高斯一谢尔模型光束通过球差透镜的光谱变化。结果表明,多色高斯一谢尔模型光束通过球羞透镜后的轴上光谱与空间相关参量β,球差系数C1,源光谱谱宽σ0,位置z有关。着重分析了球差对轴上光谱的影响,将所得的结果与无像差的理想情况作了比较。当无球差时,轴上光谱仅有蓝移,而有球差时,轴上光谱存在蓝移或红移,并会出现光谱分裂现象。在某些特定位置处,轴上光谱分裂为等高双峰,并有跃变出现。而且,球差对光谱的影响随空间相关性增加而变得明显。当空间相关参量减小到某一值时,光谱分裂消失。     

部分相干平顶光束在梯度折射率介质中的传输特性

利用广义惠更斯-菲涅尔衍射积分方法,推导出部分相干平顶光束在梯度折射率介质中传输的交叉谱密度函数解析表达式,对部分相干平顶光束在梯度折射率介质中的传输特性进行了分析,并进一步讨论了介质梯度折射率系数、光束阶数以及光束相干性对传输特性的影响.结果表明,部分相干平顶光束在梯度折射率介质中传输时的轴上光强分布呈现周期性变化了,且周期由梯度折射率系数决定,而与光束相干性无关.光束阶数越高、相干性越好、介质梯度折射率系数越大,则在介质中的轴上峰值光强越大.并且,在光强峰值位置附近的光强分布随传输距离的变化非常剧烈.     

Scattering of on-axis polarized Gaussian light beam by spheroidal water coating aerosol particle

Small particle light scattering can produce light with polarization characteristics different from those of the incident beam. An analytical solution to the scattering by a spheroid with inclusion for an on-axis polarized Gaussian beam incidence is provided within the generalized Lorenz-Mie theory framework. The shapes of the inclusion can be spherical, confocal spheroid, or non-confocal spheroid. The Muller scattering matrix elements are computed for plane wave incidence or Gaussian light beam incidence. The effect of the size and shape of the inclusion or the coating on the polarized Oaussian light scattering characteristics by a spheroidal water coating aerosol Darticle are commlted and a,nalvzed.     

Scintillation index of astigmatic annular beams in a turbulent atmosphere

The scintillation properties of astigmatic annular beams in a weak turbulent atmosphere are investigated. Expression for the on-axis scintillation index of an astigmatic annular beam is derived. It is found that the scintillation index of an astigmatic annular beam can be smaller than that of a Gaussian beam, an elliptical Gaussian beam and a stigmatic annular beam in a weak turbulent atmosphere under certain conditions. The scintillation properties of astigmatic annular beams are closely controlled by its beam parameters.     

Nonlinear optical characterization of cluster dynamic in water in oil microemulsion by a pump probe laser beam technique

We present a new pump probe laser beams configuration for the nonlinear optical characterization of microemulsions. We detect the variation of the on-axis optical intensity of the probe beam as generated by the concentration profile induced in an optically thin film of microemulsion by the pump beam. A mathematical model has been introduced to describe the phenomenon. The technique allows the determination of both Kerr-like optical nonlinearity and time constants and, therefore, it gives information both on cluster dimension and their shape. We discuss its application to WAD (water/AOT/decane, where AOT denotes sodium-bis-di-ethyl-sulfosuccinate) with the application of a strong electric field of optical source. Comparison between theoretical predictions and experimental results confirms the presence of giant optical nonlinearity in the absence of turbidity divergence. Chainlike shape of clusters, of the kind already reported with the application of strong electric field, could justify this result. Received 26 October 2002 RID="a" ID="a"e-mail: vicari@na.infn.it