Department of Physics and Astronomy: Publications and Other Research
Date of this Version
5-9-2017
Citation
PHYSICAL REVIEW A 95, 053826 (2017)
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.95.053826
Abstract
An analytical discontinuity is reported in what was thought to be the discontinuity-free exact nonparaxial vortex beam phasor obtained within the complex source-sink model. This discontinuity appears for all odd values of the orbital angular momentum mode. Such discontinuities in the phasor lead to nonphysical discontinuities in the real electromagnetic field components. We identify the source of the discontinuities, and provide graphical evidence of the discontinuous real electric fields for the first and third orbital angular momentum modes. A simple means of avoiding these discontinuities is presented.
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