Super-Gaussian conical refraction beam

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 o...

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Published in:Optics letters 2014-08, Vol.39 (15), p.4349-4352
Main Authors: Turpin, A, Loiko, Yu V, Kalkandkiev, T K, Tomizawa, H, Mompart, J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adjustment
Beams (radiation)
Confocal
Crystals
Gaussian
Gaussian beams (optics)
Refraction
Transformations
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Summary: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(WO ) biaxial crystal are in good agreement with the theoretical predictions.
ISSN:0146-9592
1539-4794
DOI:10.1364/OL.39.004349