Electromagnetic diffraction of light focused through a stratified medium
- 10 April 1997
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Applied Optics
- Vol. 36 (11) , 2305-2312
- https://doi.org/10.1364/ao.36.002305
Abstract
We consider the focusing of light by a high-aperture lens into a stratified medium. The solution is based on our previously obtained results [J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 12, 325 (1995)], where we represented the illumination incident upon a plane interface between media with mismatched refractive indices as a sum of plane waves. The present solution is obtained in terms of plane waves, and it satisfies Maxwell’s equations. The diffraction integrals are obtained in a form that is readily computable. We present numerical examples for some practical cases.Keywords
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