Gaussian Laser Beams via Oblate Spheroidal Waves
Abstract
We deduce a set of circularly polarized Gaussian laser beam modes via a separation-of-variables solution to the Helmholtz wave equation in oblate spheriodal coordinates. On transforming to cylindrical coordinates these become the well-known Gaussian-Laguerre modes.
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