Structured Light and Its Applications

Colour Plate Section

Figure 1.1 Examples of the intensity and phase structures of Hermite–Gaussian modes (left) and Laguerre–Gaussian modes (right), plotted at a distance from the beam waist equal to the Rayleigh range.

Figure 1.2 Helical phase fronts corresponding to the exp(iφ) phase structure, and corresponding intensity profiles of Laguerre–Gaussian modes.

Figure 1.3 Cylindrical lens mode converter used to transform Hermite–Gaussian modes ...