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Accurate paraxial Maxwell beams

Optics 2025-04-01 v1

Abstract

In this work, the paraxial version of Maxwell equations is derived with the use of two Riemann-Silberstein vectors. Exact solutions of these equations are then obtained representing the paraxial electromagnetic fields. These fields satisfy the full Maxwell equations up to the order of (λ/w0)2(\lambda/w_0)^2. The solutions contain some additional terms, which turn out to be relevant for polarization, especially in the case of beams endowed with orbital angular momentum.

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@article{arxiv.2503.23195,
  title  = {Accurate paraxial Maxwell beams},
  author = {Tomasz Radozycki},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2503.23195},
  year   = {2025}
}

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ReVTeX, 9 pages, 6 figures

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