Year: 2012
Type: article
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.
Source: Optics Letters
DOI: 10.1364/ol.37.000924
Author: Tomáš Tyc
Institution: Masaryk University
Language: English
Subfield: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2102902118