Propagation of confluent hypergeometric beam through uniaxial crystals orthogonal to the optical axis |
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Authors: | Jia Li Yanru Chen |
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Institution: | 1. Institute of Fiber Optic Communication & Information Engineering, College of Information Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310023, China;2. Department of Optical Engineering, Nanjing University of Science & Technology, Nanjing 210094, China |
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Abstract: | Based on the theory of paraxial electromagnetic beams in anisotropic medium, propagation properties of a linearly polarized confluent hypergeometric (HyG) beam through uniaxial crystals orthogonal to the optical axis are investigated. Analytical expressions are derived for the resultant optical field components. Effects of separate beam parameters together with the ratio of refractive indices of crystals on transversal intensity distributions are revealed by numerical calculations, respectively. It is shown that the beam profile finally converts into an elliptical shape due to influences of anisotropic crystals. Moreover, it is also indicated that through suitable selection of parameters, types of the optical vortices of resultant field would change from a central dark spot to a slight dark ring or an axial shadow during the propagation. These numerical results may provide alternative advantages to the trapping of tiny particles by utilizing HyG beams in practical experiments. |
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