Behavior of propagating and evanescent components in azimuthally polarized non-paraxial fields

The contribution of the propagating and the evanescent waves associated with freely propagating non-paraxial light fields whose transverse component is azimuthally polarized at some plane is investigated. Analytic expressions are derived for describing both the spatial shape and the relative weight...

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Bibliographic Details
Authors: Martínez-Herrero, Rosario, Mejías, Pedro M., Juvells Prades, Ignacio, Carnicer González, Arturo
Format: article
Status:Versión aceptada para publicación
Publication Date:2013
Country:España
Institution:Universidad de Barcelona
Repository:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
OAI Identifier:oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/43292
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/43292
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Òptica
Polarització (Llum)
Camps electromagnètics
Feixos de làser
Optics
Polarization (Light)
Electromagnetic fields
Laser beams
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Summary:The contribution of the propagating and the evanescent waves associated with freely propagating non-paraxial light fields whose transverse component is azimuthally polarized at some plane is investigated. Analytic expressions are derived for describing both the spatial shape and the relative weight of the propagating and the evanescent components integrated over the transverse plane. The analysis is carried out within the framework of the plane-wave angular spectrum approach. These results are used to illustrate the behavior of a kind of donut-like beams with transverse azimuthal polarization at some plane.