Title :
Conical refraction: Beam evolution
Author :
Carnegie, David ; Sokolovski, Grigorii S. ; Kalkandjiev, Todor ; Rafailov, Edik U.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Eng., Phys. & Math., Univ. of Dundee, Dundee, UK
Abstract :
The paper presents an investigation showing how the intensity profile of a conical refraction (CR) beam evolves spatially around the Lloyd plane, revealing previously unreported observations. The polarisation relationship along the conically refracted beam is also discussed and other work that shows how circularly polarised light can be used to generate zeroth and first ordered Bessel beams from conically refractive crystals.
Keywords :
Bessel functions; laser beams; light polarisation; light refraction; Bessel beams; Lloyd plane; conical refraction beam; conically refractive crystals; intensity profile; Optical beams; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe (CLEO EUROPE/EQEC), 2011 Conference on and 12th European Quantum Electronics Conference
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0533-5
Electronic_ISBN :
Pending
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE.2011.5942445
