The reflection of a Maxwell-Gaussian beam by a planar surface
Abstract
The reflection of a three-dimensional vectorial Maxwell-Gaussian beam by a planar surface is studied. The surface is characterized by its complex reflection coefficients and for TE and TM electromagnetic plane waves of wavevector , respectively. The field impinging upon the reflecting surface is modeled as a quasi-monochromatic fundamental Gaussian beam suitably modified in order to satisfy Maxwell equations (Maxwell-Gaussian beam). Analytical expressions, correct up to the second order in a perturbation expansion, are given for the reflected electric and magnetic field, respectively. We found that first order terms in the perturbation expansion account for a longitudinal shift (Goos-H\"{a}nchen effect) of the whole reflected beam, while second order terms modifies the transverse shape of the beam which is, at this order, no longer cylindrically symmetric.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0710.1643,
title = {The reflection of a Maxwell-Gaussian beam by a planar surface},
author = {Andrea Aiello and Han Woerdman},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0710.1643},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
49 pages, 7 figures. V2: A few typos corrected, some new material added