Wigner representation of Laguerre--Gaussian beams. Academic Article

abstract

• A phase-space description of the Laguerre-Gaussian modes is presented that points out the connection between these modes and the Hermite-Gaussian modes. We exploit the underlying phase-space symmetries to derive a closed-form expression for the Wigner distribution function of Laguerre-Gaussian modes. This expression is as compact as the one for the Hermite-Gaussian modes.

authors

• Agarwal, Girish

published proceedings

• Opt Lett

author list (cited authors)

• Simon, R., & Agarwal, G. S.

citation count

• 81

complete list of authors

• Simon, R||Agarwal, GS

publication date

• September 2000

publisher

• Optica Publishing Group  Publisher

published in

• Optics Letters  Journal

keywords

• 0201 Astronomical And Space Sciences

PubMed Central ID

• 18066201

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1364/ol.25.001313

start page

• 1313

end page

• 1315

volume

• 25

issue

• 18