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    Perturbation analysis of Gaussian-beam-mode scattering at off-axis ellipsoidal mirrors


    Murphy, J.Anthony and Withington, Stafford (1996) Perturbation analysis of Gaussian-beam-mode scattering at off-axis ellipsoidal mirrors. Infrared physics and technology, 37. pp. 205-219.

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    Abstract

    We present an approximate technique, based on the principles of multimode Gaussian optics and perturbation theory, for calculating the distortions that occur when an off-axis ellipsoidal mirror is placed in the path of a weakly diffracting beam. More specifically, we calculate the Gaussian-beam-mode scattering matrices of off-axis ellipsoidal mirrors. The technique can be applied when the phase errors across the surface of the mirror are small. In this case, power is only scattered into a few neighbouring modes, and simple closed-form expressions can be derived for the elements of the scattering matrix.

    Item Type: Article
    Keywords: Gaussian Beam, Off-Axis parabaloid, scatter-matrices, Far Infrared
    Academic Unit: Faculty of Science and Engineering > Experimental Physics
    Item ID: 60
    Depositing User: Suzanne Redmond Maloco
    Date Deposited: 11 Dec 2002
    Journal or Publication Title: Infrared physics and technology
    Publisher: Elsevier
    Refereed: Yes
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      Use Licence: This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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