Abstract
General solutions representing rotations of intensity distributions around and along the propagation axis are derived for the paraxial wave equation. The formalism used is a key for understanding and synthesizing such waves as experimentally demonstrated. A necessary and sufficient condition for rigid rotation as well as limitations on the rotation rate are obtained.
- Received 27 December 1995
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.54.R50
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