Fields with maximum focal irradiance
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- Miguel A. Alonsob(Author),
- Colin J.R. Shepparda(Author)
- aNational University of Singapore,
- bUniversity of Rochester Institute of Optics
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Abstract
Upper bounds on the focal irradiance of monochromatic fields (both scalar and electromagnetic), given their input power and directional spread, are found analytically. The fields that achieve these bounds are also calculated.