Super-Gaussian conical refraction beam

Abstract

We demonstrate the transformation of Gaussian input beams into super-Gaussian beams with a quasi flat-top transverse profile by means of the conical refraction phenomenon by adjusting the ratio between the ring radius and the waist radius of the input beam to 0.445. We discuss the beam propagation of the super-Gaussian beam and show that it has a confocal parameter three times larger than the one that would be obtained from a Gaussian beam. The experiments performed with a KGd(WO4)2 biaxial crystal are in good agreement with the theoretical predictions.

Publication DOI: https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.39.004349
Divisions: College of Engineering & Physical Sciences > Aston Institute of Photonics Technology (AIPT)
Additional Information: © 2014 Optical Society of America
Uncontrolled Keywords: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Publication ISSN: 1539-4794
Last Modified: 23 Feb 2024 08:08
Date Deposited: 01 Jul 2015 11:05
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PURE Output Type: Article
Published Date: 2014-07-18
Authors: Turpin, A.
Loiko, Yu.V.
Kalkandkiev, T.K.
Tomizawa, H.
Mompart, J.

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