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Monochromatic scalar fields with maximum focal irradiance

  • ,
  • Miguel A. Alonso(corresponding author)
    ,
  • Colin J.R. Sheppard
*Corresponding author for this work
  • University of Rochester Institute of Optics
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  • National University of Singapore
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Abstract

The monochromatic scalar fields that achieve the maximum focal irradiance for a given input power and directional spread are found through a variational approach. In two dimensions, the maximum focal irradiance is found to be proportional to the sine of the directional spread as well as the input power. In three dimensions, the corresponding relation is found in parametric form.

Bibliographic Information

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Research Output:
Contribution to journal
Article
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Original language

English

Pages from-to (Number of pages)

Pages 2057-2064 (8 pages)

Journal (Volume, Issue Number)

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision (Volume 24, Issue 7)

Publication milestones

  • Published - 07/2007

Publication status

Published - 07/2007

ISSN

1084-7529

Publication IDs

  • Scopus: 34548299725