Generalized beam propagation factor of hard-edged circular apertured diffracted Bessel–Gaussian beams

Based on the truncated second-order moments method on the cylindrical coordinate systems and the incomplete gamma function, an analytical expression of the generalized beam propagation factor (M_G² factor) of hard-edged circular apertured diffracted Bessel–Gaussian beams is derived and illustrated numerically. It is shown that the M_G² factor of hard-edged diffracted BGBs mainly depends on the truncation parameter δ and the beam parameters m and η. The results can be reduced to that for the non-truncated Bessel–Gaussian beams case and that for the truncated fundamental Gaussian beams case under certain conditions, respectively. The power fraction is also discussed analytically and numerically.     

Propagation properties of partially coherent modified Bessel–Gauss beams

Starting from the propagation law of partially coherent light, the analytical propagation equations of partially coherent modified Bessel–Gauss beams (MBGBs) through a paraxial optical ABCD system are derived and illustrated with typical application examples. Furthermore, by using the intensity moments method and integral transformation technique, the important characteristic parameters, including the beam width, far-field divergence angle, M² factor and kurtosis parameter of partially coherent MBGBs, are expressed in a closed and simple form. As a result, some basic properties of MBGBs and the dependence of the M² factor and kurtosis parameter on the spectral degree of coherence and beam order are illustrated both analytically and numerically.     

Moment and kurtosis parameter of partially coherent cosh-Gaussian beam in turbulent atmosphere

An analytical expression for arbitrary moments of the cosh-Gaussian–Shell beam in turbulent atmosphere is derived. As a special case, kurtosis parameters of collimated and focused cosh-Gaussian beam with and without turbulent atmosphere are studied in detail. It can be seen from the study that the kurtosis parameters of Gaussian beam do not remain constant in turbulent atmosphere. Similar to the kurtosis parameters of a cosh-Gaussian beam at source plane, the kurtosis parameters at focal plane without turbulent atmosphere are independent of the propagation distance and vary with the parameters of the beam. But the variation of the kurtosis parameters at focal plane is different from that at source plane. However, the kurtosis parameters of collimated and focused cosh-Gaussian beam both vary with the propagation distance and gradually converge to 3 along the z-axis in turbulent atmosphere. Compared with a collimated beam, the kurtosis parameters of a focused beam converge more quickly.     

Far-field properties and beam quality of vectorial Hermite–Laguerre–Gaussian beams beyond the paraxial approximation

The far-field properties and beam quality of vectorial nonparaxial Hermite–Laguerre–Gaussian (HLG) beams are studied in detail, where, instead of the second-order-moments-based M² factor, the extended power in the bucket (PIB) and βparameter are used to characterize the beam quality in the far field and the intensity in the formulae is replaced by the z component of the time-averaged Poynting vector S_z. It is found that the S_z PIB and βparameter of vectorial nonparaxial HLG beams depend on the mode indices n, m, αparameter and waist-width-to-wavelength ratio w₀/λ and the PIB and βparameter are additionally dependent on the bucket's size taken.     

The beam propagation factors and the kurtosis parameters of a Lorentz beam

Based on the second-order moments, the beam propagation factors and the kurtosis parameters of a Lorentz beam have been investigated. The M² value of a Lorentz beam is verified to be . The analytical expressions of the kurtosis parameters have been derived. The kurtosis parameter varies upon the propagation, and it is decided by two ratios z/z_rx and z/z_ry. The kurtosis parameter versus the two ratios z/z_rx and z/z_ry is plotted and discussed in detail. This work is of benefit to the practical application of laser sources that produce highly divergent beams.     

The influence of turbulence on propagation properties of partially coherent sinh-Gaussian beams and their beam quality in the far field

Based on the extended Huygens–Fresnel principle, the closed-form propagation equation of partially coherent Sinh-Gaussian (ShG) beams through the turbulent atmosphere has been derived by using the quadratic approximation of the Rytov's phase structure function. The influence of turbulence on propagation properties of partially coherent ShG beams and their beam quality in the far field are studied both analytically and numerical. The fully coherent ShG beam has been treated as a special case of the partially coherent ShG beam when the degree of spatial coherence α=∞. It is shown that in comparison with the free-space propagation the turbulence accelerates the evolution of three stages that partially coherent ShG beams undergo. The smaller α is, the less partially coherent ShG beams are affected by the turbulence. In particular, we find that the β parameter decreases as the decentered parameter δ increases, but the dependence of the Strehl ratio on δ is not monotonous. There exists an optimal δ_opt, the influence of turbulence on the maximum intensity of the corresponding partially coherent ShG beam with δ_opt is the smallest. Therefore, a suitable choice of δ may reduce the influence of turbulence on the beam quality in the far field in practice.     

The factor of nonparaxial Hermite–Gaussian beams and related problems

On the basis of the second-order moment of the power density and in the use of the series expansion, the expressions for the beam width, far-field divergence angle and M² factor of nonparaxial Hermite–Gaussian (H–G) beams are derived and expressed in a sum of the series of the Gamma function. The theoretical results are illustrated with numerical examples. The M² factor of nonparaxial H–G beams depends not only on the beam order m, but also on the waist-width to wavelength ratio w₀/λ. The far-field divergence angles of nonparaxial H–G beams with even and odd orders approach their upper limits θ_max=63.435 and 73.898, respectively, which results in M²<1 as w₀/λ→0. For the special case of m=0 our results reduce to those of nonparaxial Gaussian beams. Some problems related to the characterization of the nonparaxial beam quality are also discussed.     

Irradiance-moments characterization of off-axis Gaussian beam combinations by means of the Wigner distribution function

The irradiance-moments characterization of off-axis Gaussian beam combinations is presented in use of the Wigner distribution function (WDF). Analytical expressions for the propagation through an optical paraxial ABCD system, beam propagation factor (M² factor), beam width, far field divergence angle and kurtosis parameter of the resultant beam are derived and illustrated with specific numerical examples. It is reexamined that a flat-topped irradiance profile of the resultant beam can be achieved at a certain plane by appropriately choosing beamlet parameters. As compared with previous work, our results show the advantage of using the WDF and irradiance-moments methods.     

Kurtosis parameter of truncated standard and elegant Laguerre–Gaussian beams propagating through ABCD optical systems

On the basis of the propagation equation of truncated standard and elegant Laguerre–Gaussian beams, the closed-form propagation expressions for the kurtosis parameter K of standard and elegant Laguerre–Gaussian beams passing through apertured optical systems are derived, it is shown that the kutosis parameter K of standard and elegant Laguerre–Gaussian beams depend on order p and index m of Laguerre polynomial, the beam-truncated parameter δ and the generalized Fresnel number F. Detailed numerical examples are given to illustrate the analytical results.     

截断部分相干厄米-高斯光束的广义M2G因子

基于广义截断二阶矩法,推导出了截断部分相干厄米-高斯(H-G)光束的广义M²_G因子的解析表达式. 截断完全相干H-G光束、截断高斯谢尔模型(GSM)光束以及截断高斯光束可以做为本文结果的特例给出. 研究表明:截断部分相干H-G光束的广义M²_G因子与截断参数δ,模阶数m以及相干参数α有关. 当δ非常小时,M^{2关键词： 截断部分相干厄米高斯光束 M2_G因子')" href="#">广义M2_G因子 广义截断二阶矩法}     

部分相干双曲余弦高斯光束通过湍流大气的光束扩展

基于广义惠更斯-菲涅尔原理，并采用将部分相干双曲余弦高斯光束用厄米-高斯光束的非相干叠加表示的方法，研究了部分相干双曲余弦高斯光束通过湍流大气的光束扩展问题，推导出了部分相干双曲余弦高斯光束通过湍流大气均方根束宽的解析表达式.研究表明，部分相干双曲余弦高斯光束的扩展随着湍流大气的折射率结构常数C²_n和光束离心参数δ的增大而加剧.但是，随着δ的增大，部分相干双曲余弦高斯光束受到湍流的影响减小. 关键词： 部分相干双曲余弦高斯光束 湍流大气 光束扩展     

Propagation of higher-order cosh-Gaussian beams in uniaxial crystals orthogonal to the optical axis

Propagation properties of higher-order cosh-Gaussian (HOCG) beams in uniaxial crystals orthogonal to the optical axis are studied. Analytical formulae for electric fields and kurtosis parameters are derived. Results show that a HOCG beam with larger acentric parameters or beam orders would better preserve its intensity profile when it propagates in uniaxial crystals. At arbitrary propagation distance flat-topped beams can be shaped by selecting appropriate acentric parameters. It is also indicated that kurtosis parameters τ_x and τ_y both increase when acentric parameters take larger values, however, they show different behaviors due to effects of anisotropic crystals.     

M factor and kurtosis parameter of super-Gaussian beams passing through an axicon

The effects of axicons on the M² factor and kurtosis parameter of super Gaussian beams(SGBs) are studied in detail. The closed-form expression for the M² factor of SGBs after passing through an axicon is derived, and the reason why the convergent and divergent axicons give rise to the same increase of the M² factor is explained physically from the similarity of the resulting irradiance distributions. The analytical propagation equation of the K parameter of SGBs passing through an axicon followed by a paraxial optical ABCD system is given, some interesting special cases are discussed. In particular, it is found that even for the Gaussian special case theK parameter is no longer a constant due to the effect of the axicon. Numerical examples are also given to illustrate our analytical results.     

Study of in flight

An analysis of data on is presented at beam momenta 600 to 1940 MeV/c. There is evidence for an I=1, J^PC=2⁻⁺ resonance in ηηπ⁰ with mass M=1880±20 MeV and width 255±45 MeV, decaying strongly to a₂(1320)η; it is too strong to be explained as the high mass tail of π₂(1670)→a₂(1320)η. There is tentative evidence also for weak decays to f₀(1500)π. It makes a natural partner to the η₂(1860).     

Effect of absorbed pump power on the quality of output beam from monolithic microchip lasers

The dependence of the beam propagation factor (M ² parameter) with the absorbed pump power in the case of monolithic microchip laser under face-cooled configuration is extensively studied. Our investigations show that the M ₂ parameter is related to the absorbed pump power through two parameters (α and β) whose values depend on the laser material properties and laser configuration. We have shown that one parameter arises due to the oscillation of higher order modes in the microchip cavity and the other parameter accounts for the spherical aberration associated with the thermal lens induced by the pump beam. Such dependency of M ² parameter with the absorbed pump power is experimentally verified for a face-cooled monolithic microchip laser based on Nd³⁺ -doped GdVO₄ crystal and the values of α and β parameters were estimated from the experimentally measured data points.     

The Beam Propagation Factor of Nonparaxial Truncated Flattened Gaussian Beams

By using the second-order moment of the power density, the beam width, far-field divergence angle and M² factor of nonparaxial truncated flattened Gaussian (FG) beams are derived analytically. It is shown that the M² factor of nonparaxial truncated FG beams depends not only on the truncation parameter δ and beam order N, but also on the initial waist-width to wavelength ratio w₀/λ. The far-field divergence angle approaches an asymptotic value of θ_max=63.435° when the truncation parameter δ → 0. For the special cases of N = 0 and δ → ∞ our results reduce to those of nonparaxial truncated Gaussian beams and nonparaxial untruncated FG beams, respectively.     

Counting Spins with a New Spin Echo Double Resonance

In traditional spin echo double resonance (SEDOR), the echo amplitudeMis decreased when the observed spinsSare flipped by π together with the π refocusing pulse on the observed spinsI; the dependence on τ is then determined. In the new version of SEDOR, the echo amplitude is measured as a function of theSspin flip angle θ at a constant pulse spacing τ. The analysis is simple and powerful for long τ, where the strong collision limit applies. There, the variation ofMwith θ can be fit, yielding the numbernof spinsSto which each spinIis coupled. Data from amorphous silicon with¹H and²D show the described effect. A MAS version of the new method is used on multiply labeled alanine and urea, with results in good agreement with the predictions forn= 2, as expected. By Fourier transformingMwith respect to the flip angle θ, a stick spectrum results; the largest numbered non-vanishing stick yields the numbernof spinsScoupled to each spinI.Simulations are presented for ann= 2 system. The present technique is compared to the multiple-quantum spin-counting method.     

Asymptotic approach to the truncated cosh-Gaussian beams

The propagation behavior and M ²-factor of truncated cosh-Gaussian (ChG) beams are studied by using the asymptotic approach. Detailed numerical results are given to illustrate the dependence of M ²-factor on the beam decentered parameter , truncation fraction p and power fraction f. Our results are self-consistent and reduce to those of Pare and Belanger [Opt. Commun. 123, p. 679 (1996a); Proc. SPIE 2870, p. 104 (1996b)]. The advantage of the approach is shown, and the problems introduced by the hard-aperture diffraction and the approach used are discussed.     

On conformal Killing 2-form of the electromagnetic field

Let D:C^∞Λ^pM→C^∞(T^*MΛ^pM) be the first order linear differential operator on an n-dimensional (1≤p≤n−1) pseudo-Riemannian manifold (M,g). We have by the representation theory of orthogonal group, that the tangent bundle of this operation decomposes into the orthogonal and irreducible sum of forms of degree p+1 (which gives the exterior differential d), the forms of degree p−1 (defining the codifferential d^*) and the trace-free part of the partial symmetrization (the corresponding first order operator is denoted by D). The general forms in the kernel of D are closely related to conformal Killing vector fields, called conformal Killing p-forms, while those in kernel of d are called closed conformal Killing p-forms or, according to another terminology, planar p-forms. In particular an arbitrary planar 1-form ω is dual (by g) to the special concircular vector field ξ. We consider some local properties for the closed conformal Killing p-forms. As an application we present examples of decomposition into irreducible components for the electromagnetic field 2-form ω and its covariant derivative in four-dimensional space–time. In particular, we prove that the energy–momentum tensor T of the electromagnetic field is a symmetric conformal Killing tensor if the electromagnetic field 2-form ω is a conformal Killing form.     

Correlator of the quark scalar currents and Γtot(H → hadrons) at O(αs) in pQCD

We present the results of the analytical evaluation of the massless four-loop

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(α³_s) correction to the correlator of the quark scalar currents and the Higgs decay rate into hadrons. In numerical form we found (in

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scheme) that Γ (H →

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b ) = (3G_F/4

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π) M_Hm²_b (M_H) [1 + 5.667α_s/π + (35.94 − 1.359n_f) (α_s/π)² + (164.139 − 25.771n_f + 0.259n²_f) (α_s/π)³] where n_f is the number of quark flavour and α_s = α_s(M_H).