Multi-Gaussian Schell-model vortex beam

• Multi-Gaussian Schell-model vortex beam is introduced.
• Paraxial propagation formula is derived and focusing properties are studied.
• Focused beam profile is modulated by the initial beam parameters.

Multi-Gaussian Schell-model (MGSM) beam was introduced recently (Sahin and Korotkova, 2012 [34], and Korotkova et al., 2012 [35]). In this paper, multi-Gaussian Schell-model vortex (MGSMV) beam is introduced as a natural extension of MGSM beam. The explicit expression for the cross-spectral density of a MGSMV beam propagating through a stigmatic ABCD optical system is derived and the focusing properties of a MGSMV beam are studied in detail. It is found that we can shape the focused beam profile by varying the initial beam parameters, which will be useful in material thermal processing and particle trapping.