Open AccessThe vectorial nonparaxial propagation method of the few-cycle ultrashort pulsed beam in free space
Author(s) -
Daquan Lu,
Wei Hu,
Zhen-Jun Yang,
Zheng Yi-Zhou
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
wuli xuebao
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.199
H-Index - 47
ISSN - 1000-3290
DOI - 10.7498/aps.53.1063
Subject(s) - paraxial approximation , physics , scalar (mathematics) , fourier transform , free space , frequency domain , beam (structure) , optics , distribution (mathematics) , time domain , transverse plane , mathematical analysis , computer science , quantum mechanics , mathematics , geometry , computer vision , structural engineering , engineering
Based on the purterbative method which was developed by Lax et al, and by using of the Fourier transform, we obtain a vectorial nonparaxial correction method to the propagation of the few-cycle pulsed beam in free space. the first-order of the transverse component of the correction is the same as that of Fu's in the frequency domain, and is more convenient to obtain the analytical nonparaxial solution in the temporal domain. It is shown in the examples and the analysis that the vector corrections must be included in any study that wants to go beyond the scalar paraxial solution. From the examples, we find that the spatial distribution of the vectorial nonparaxial correction would be influenced by the temporal distribution of the pulse.