title: Transverse intensity distributions of a broadband laser modulated by a hard-edged aperture.
abstract: By means of the Huygens-Fresnel diffraction integral, the field representation of a laser beam modulated by a hard-edged aperture is derived. The near-field and far-field transverse intensity distributions of the beams with different bandwidths are analyzed by using the representation. The numerical calculation results indicate that the amplitudes and numbers of the intensity spikes decrease with increasing bandwidth, and beam smoothing is achieved when the bandwidth takes a certain value in the near field. In the far field, the radius of the transverse intensity distribution decreases as the bandwidth increases, and the physical explanation of this fact is also given.
authors.affiliation: Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 800-211, Shanghai 201800, China. pengrumwu@siom.ac.cn
authors.forename: Runwu
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Peng
authors.forename: Yunxia
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ye
authors.forename: Zhixiang
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: Dianyuan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Fan