| Issue |
Europhys. Lett.
Volume 54, Number 4, May 2001
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|---|---|---|
| Page(s) | 461 - 467 | |
| Section | Electromagnetism, optics, acoustics, heat transfer, classical mechanics and fluid mechanics | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/epl/i2001-00268-x | |
| Published online | 01 December 2003 | |
Optical waveguide fields as free-space waves
Department of Physics, PTE University - Ifjusag u. 6,
Pecs 7624, Hungary
Received:
22
November
2000
Accepted:
13
March
2001
It is shown using the scalar diffraction theory that the arbitrary fields guided by optical waveguides can be generated in free space by an appropriate light source. The guided waves can be produced in free space, provided an appropriate launch pattern containing multiple virtual sources can be constructed. In addition, the relation between the guided waves and several particular free-space fields, such as the diffraction-free, soliton-like, self-imaging, ultrashort, partially coherent fields and laser fractals, is demonstrated.
PACS: 42.79.Gn – Optical waveguides and couplers / 42.65.Tg – Optical solitons; nonlinear guided waves / 42.60.Jf – Beam characteristics: profile, intensity, and power; spatial pattern formation
© EDP Sciences, 2001
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