Abstract
Gaussian beams [38, 116] are important spatial distributions of electromagnetic waves whose transverse amplitude distributions are some kind of Gaussian functions. The optical distributions of some laser beams and the modal field distributions of optical waveguides with special index profiles may be Gaussian. Gaussian beams have been found to have attentions with the appearance of lasers, and the development of lasers and optoelectronics make them more and more important.
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(2008). Gaussian Beams. In: Electromagnetic Theory for Microwaves and Optoelectronics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-74296-8_9
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