The Application of Orthonormal Electromagnetic Beams to Characterizing Complex Media

Abstract

This report discusses an approach to characterizing complex media, based on the use of new families of orthonormal electromagnetic beams. Each family consists of orthonormal exact solutions of Maxwell's equations, which differ fundamentally from the well-known approximate solutions - the Hermite-Gaussian and Laguerre-Gaussian beams. A promising type of such orthonormal beams-beams defined by the spherical harmonics-is discussed. The proposed approach makes it possible to use beams focused into a small spot on the sample surface.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 29, 2000
Accession Number
ADP011590

Entities

People

  • G. N. Borzdov

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amplitude
  • Bessel Functions
  • Coefficients
  • Electromagnetic Fields
  • Harmonics
  • Materials
  • Northern Hemisphere
  • Numerical Analysis
  • Optical Lattices
  • Plane Waves
  • Regions
  • Scalar Functions
  • Spectra
  • Spherical Harmonics
  • Technical Information Centers
  • Two Dimensional
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Image Processing and Computer Vision.
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.
  • Wave Propagation and Nonlinear Chaotic Dynamics.