Gouy phase for full-aperture spherical and cylindrical waves
Optics
2014-06-16 v1
Abstract
We investigate the Gouy phase shift for full-aperture waves converging to a focal point from all directions in two and three dimensions. We find a simple interpretation for the Gouy phase in this situation and show that it has a dramatic effect on reshaping sharply localized pulses.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1201.2496,
title = {Gouy phase for full-aperture spherical and cylindrical waves},
author = {Tomas Tyc},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1201.2496},
year = {2014}
}
Comments
3 pages, 3 figures