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Uncertainty principle for axial power content of highly focused fields

Optics 2020-09-23 v2 Quantum Physics

Abstract

In the analysis of the on-axis intensity for a highly focused optical field it is highly desirable to deal with effective relations aimed at characterizing the field behavior in a rather simple fashion. Here, a novel and adequate measure for the size of the region where the axial power content mainly concentrates is proposed on the basis of an uncertainty principle. Accordingly, a meaningful relationship is provided for both the spread of the incident beam at the entrance of the highly focused optical system and the size of the region where the on-axis power mainly concentrates.

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@article{arxiv.2009.04599,
  title  = {Uncertainty principle for axial power content of highly focused fields},
  author = {R. Martinez-Herrero and A. Carnicer and I. Juvells and A. S. Sanz},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2009.04599},
  year   = {2020}
}

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15 pages, 6 figures