EHB465E Lecture 3 - Beam Optics
EHB465E Lecture 3 - Beam Optics
EHB 465E
- BEAM OPTICS -
Onur Ferhanoğlu
1
Paraxial wave
• Similar
to
a
plane
wave,
but
with
a
slowly
varying
amplitude:
Gaussian
beam
a
special
form
of
a
paraxial
wave
The
ra@o
of
power
carried
within
a
circle
of
radius
ρ0
in
the
lateral
plane
to
the
total
power
at
posiNon
z
• Beam width increases monotonically with z, becomes √2W0 at z = ± z0
For
z
>>
z0
-‐>
W(z)
≈W0.z/z0
=
ϑ0z
(cone
half
angle)
Plane wave
Spherical wave
Gaussian beam
(ray op@cs)
R
=
∞
R1
=
∞
R1
=
-‐R
Planar
mirror
-‐>
mirror
reverses
the
direc@on
of
the
beam
R1
=
∞
-‐>
beam
waist
lies
on
the
mirror
-‐>
R2
=R/2
(similar
to
the
lens
case
(previous
slide)
R1
=
-‐R
-‐>
incident
beam
has
the
same
curvature
as
the
mirror
-‐>
R2
=
R
(wavefronts
are
normal
to
the
mirror)
Asst.
Prof.
Onur
Ferhanoğlu
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BEAM
OPTICS
-‐
12
Transmission Through an Arbitrary Optical System
Ray
opNcs
-‐>
h,
θ
Gaussian
beam
opNcs
-‐>
R,
W