Fifth-order corrected electromagnetic field components for a fundamental Gaussian beam
- 1 October 1989
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 66 (7) , 2800-2802
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.344207
Abstract
Fifth‐order corrected expressions for the electromagnetic field components of a monochromatic fundamental Gaussian beam (i.e., a focused TEM00 mode laser beam) propagating within a homogeneous dielectric media are derived and presented. Calculations of relative error indicate that the fifth‐order Gaussian beam description provides a significantly improved solution to Maxwell’s equations in comparison with commonly used paraxial (zeroth‐order) and first‐order Gaussian beam descriptions.This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
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