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Baida Lü

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Three-dimensional calculation of high-power, annularly distributed, laser-beam-induced thermal effects on reflectors and windows.

Based on the three-dimensional transient heat conduction equation and the elastic stress-strain equation, the temperature rise, distortion, and equivalent stress distributions of a high-reflectivity silicon reflector and a white bijou window irradiated by a high-power sloped annularly distributed laser beam are simulated using a three-dimensional finite element model (FEM). The effects of laser intensity, output duration, beam obscure ratio, and laser intensity spatial gradient on the results are especially investigated. The effects of mirror and window thermal distortion on laser beam phase aberrations are also evaluated. This noncylindrosymmetric three-dimensional FEM can be used to evaluate high-power, high-energy, laser beam-induced thermal effects on optical components.

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Polarization properties of vectorial nonparaxial Gaussian beams in the far field.

The polarization properties of vectorial coherent nonparaxial Gaussian beams are studied. It is shown that, when the source of a nonparaxial Gaussian beam is completely polarized, the degree of polarization of the propagation field maintains a constant value of 1. However, when the source is completely unpolarized, the degree of polarization does not maintain a constant value of 0. In the far field, vectorial nonparaxial Gaussian beams can become partially polarized, except on the propagation axis, and are spatially nonuniform across a typical cross section of the beam even though the source field is completely unpolarized.

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Propagation of Hermite-Gaussian and Laguerre-Gaussian beams beyond the paraxial approximation.

On the basis of the vectorial Rayleigh-Sommerfeld formulas and by means of the relation between Hermite and Laguerre polynomials, the analytical expressions for the propagation of the Hermite-Gaussian (HG) and Laguerre-Gaussian (LG) beams beyond the paraxial approximation are derived, with the corresponding far-field propagation expressions and that for the Gaussian beams being given as special cases of the results. Some detailed comparisons of our results with the expansion series and paraxial expressions are made, which show the advantages of our results over the expansion series. With the results obtained, some typical intensity patterns of nonparaxial HG and LG beams are shown.

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Improved diffraction integral for studying the diffracted field of a spherical microlens.

By introducing a new kind of Green function, we formulate an improved diffraction integral, which can be used to numerically evaluate the diffracted field of a microlens of plane-convex shape. Analytical expressions for the diffracted field of microlens are derived for the case where the curvature radius of the convex surface is larger than the dimension of the microlens aperture. The validity of the results and the diffracted field of the microlens are illustrated with numerical examples. The focal shifts of the diffracted field are found to depend mainly on the Fresnel number N of the microlens.

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Propagation of the Wigner distribution function for partially coherent nonparaxial beams.

On the basis of the Rayleigh-Sommerfeld diffraction integral, a closed-form propagation expression for the Wigner distribution function of partially coherent nonparaxial beams in free space is derived for what is to our knowledge the first time. The propagation of spatially fully coherent nonparaxial beams is treated as a special case of our general result. Application of the result is illustrated with the nonparaxial propagation of partially coherent anisotropic Gaussian-Schell-model beams and TEM11-mode Hermite-Gaussian beams.

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Partially coherent nonparaxial beams.

The concept of a partially coherent nonparaxial beam is proposed. A closed-form expression for the propagation of nonparaxial Gaussian Schell model (GSM) beams in free space is derived and applied to study the propagation properties of nonparaxial GSM beams. It is shown that for partially coherent nonparaxial beams a new parameter f(sigma) has to be introduced, which together with the parameter f, determines the beam nonparaxiality.

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Spectral changes and spectral switches of partially coherent beams focused by an aperture lens.

Starting from the propagation law of partially coherent polychromatic light in the space-frequency domain, detailed numerical results and physical analysis are given to elucidate spectral changes and spectral switches at the geometrical focal plane of Gaussian Schell-model beams focused by an aperture lens. It is found that, in contrast to the aperture-induced spectral anomalies of spatially fully coherent polychromatic light, for partially coherent polychromatic light aperture diffraction plays an important role in spectral switching, but the truncation parameter, spectral correlation, and bandwidth all affect its spectral behavior.

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Parametric characterization of rotationally symmetric hard-edged diffracted beams.

The truncated second-order moments and generalized M2 factor (M(G)2 factor) of two-dimensional beams in the Cartesian coordinate system are extended to the case of three-dimensional rotationally symmetric hard-edged diffracted beams in the cylindrical coordinate system. It is shown that the propagation equations of truncated second-order moments and the M(G)2 factor take forms similar to those for the nontruncated case. The closed-form expression for the M(G)2 factor of rotationally symmetric hard-edged diffracted flattened Gaussian beams is derived that depends on the truncation parameter beta and beam order N. For N --> infinity, the M(G)2 factor equals 4/square root of 3 corresponding to the value of truncated plane waves, which guarantees consistency of the formalism.

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Vectorial nonparaxial propagation equation of elliptical Gaussian beams in the presence of a rectangular aperture.

Based on the vectorial Rayleigh-Sommerfeld diffraction integrals, an analytical propagation equation of vectorial, nonparaxial, elliptical Gaussian beams through a rectangular aperture is derived. Unlike in previous work, the aperture effect and nonrotational symmetry of the beam and aperture are considered in our theoretical model. The results of the far-field and paraxial approximation for the apertured case are treated as special cases of our general expression. It is found that two f parameters fx, fy and two truncation parameters deltax, deltay in the x and y directions, respectively, have to be introduced that affect the beam nonparaxial evolution behavior in both the near field and the far field.

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Partially coherent vectorial nonparaxial beams.

Generalized vectorial Rayleigh-Sommerfeld diffraction integrals are developed for the cross-spectral-density matrices of spatially partially coherent beams. Using the Gaussian Schell-model (GSM) beam as an example, we derive the expressions for the propagation of cross-spectral-density matrices and intensity of partially coherent vectorial nonparaxial beams, and the corresponding far-field asymptotic forms, beyond the paraxial approximation. The propagation of the vectorial nonparaxial GSM beams are evaluated and analyzed. It is shown that a 3 x 3 cross-spectral-density matrix or a vector theory is required for the exact description of nonparaxial GSM beams.

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Nonparaxial propagation of vectorial Gaussian beams diffracted at a circular aperture.

Based on the vectorial Rayleigh diffraction integral, the nonparaxial propagation of vectorial Gaussian beams diffracted at a circular aperture is studied. The far-field and paraxial cases are treated as special cases of our general result. It is shown that for the apertured case the f parameter still plays an important role in determining the nonparaxiality of vectorial diffracted Gaussian beams, but both the f parameter and truncation affect the beam evolution behavior.

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Propagation properties of ultrashort pulsed bessel beams in dispersive media.

A detailed study of ultrashort pulsed Bessel beams in linear dispersive media is performed. The spatial and temporal parts of pulsed Jn beams are separable in dispersive media, provided that the parameter a is independent of frequency omega. The spatial part keeps the Jn shape unchanged during propagation. The temporal evolution behavior of pulsed Jn beams depends on the material's dispersion and diffraction. The pulses can be broadening and become negatively chirped while propagating in anomalous dispersive media. In normal dispersive media, the pulses can be broadening and positively or negatively chirped; even dispersion-free propagation can be achieved if the beam and material parameters are suitably chosen. The condition under which higher-order dispersive effects can be neglected is also discussed.

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Effect of spectral correlations on spectral switches in the diffraction of partially coherent light.

The subject is the spectral characteristics of partially coherent light whose spectral degree of coherence satisfies or violates the scaling law in diffraction by a circular aperture. Three kinds of spectral correlations of the incident light are considered. It is shown that no matter whether the partially coherent light satisfies or violates the scaling law, a spectral switch defined as a rapid transition of spectral shifts is always found in the diffraction field. Different spectral correlations of the incident field in the aperture result in different points at which the spectral switch occurs. With an increment in the correlations, the position at which the spectral switch takes place moves toward the point at which the phase of the center frequency component omega0 becomes singular for illumination by spatially fully coherent light. For light that satisfies the scaling law, the spectral switch is attributed to the diffraction-induced spectral changes; for partially coherent light that violates the scaling law, the spectral switch is attributed to both the diffraction-induced spectral changes and the correlation-induced spectral changes.

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Generalized huygens-fresnel diffraction integral for misaligned asymmetric first-order optical systems and decentered anisotropic Gaussian Schell-model beams.

The generalized Huygens-Fresnel diffraction integral for misaligned asymmetric first-order optical systems is derived by using the canonical operator method, which enables us to study propagation properties of anisotropic Gaussian Schell-model (AGSM) beams through misaligned asymmetric first-order optical systems. It is shown that under the action of misaligned asymmetric first-order optical systems AGSM beams do not preserve the closed property. Therefore generalized partially coherent anisotropic Gaussian Schell-model beams called decentered anisotropic Gaussian Schell-model (DAGSM) beams are introduced, and AGSM beams can be regarded as a special case of DAGSM beams.

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