Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1541307 | Optics Communications | 2008 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
In terms of the so-called irradiance moments of a light field, the beam quality change, ÎQ, of radially and azimuthally polarized beams caused by propagation through a quartic phase plate (as occurs, for example, in strongly pumped laser rods used in high-power solid-state lasers) is studied. Analytical expressions for ÎQ are given, and a comparison between the scalar and vectorial regimes is also shown. The results are applied to several cases of interest.
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Authors
R. MartÃnez-Herrero, G. Piquero, P.M. MejÃas,