Open AccessNonparaxial analyses of radially polarized beams diffracted at a circular aperture
Author(s) -
Xinting Jia,
Youqing Wang,
Bo Li
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.18.007064
Subject(s) - optics , paraxial approximation , diffraction , physics , aperture (computer memory) , beam (structure) , rayleigh length , truncation (statistics) , ptychography , angular aperture , wavelength , light beam , rayleigh scattering , focal length , lens (geology) , laser beams , laser , statistics , mathematics , acoustics
On the basis of the vectorial Rayleigh diffraction integral, the analytical expressions for the electromagnetic fields of the radially polarized beams diffracted at a circular aperture are derived, which helps us investigate the propagation properties of the apertured radially polarized beams in the nonparaxial and paraxial regimes. The unapertured and paraxial cases can be viewed as the special cases of the general result obtained in this paper. The analyses indicate that the nonparaxiality of the apertured radially polarized beams depends on the ratio of the waist width to the wavelength and the truncation parameter. In addition, the truncation parameter and the beam order have a great impact on the beam diffraction effect and the beam evolution behavior.