Evaluation of electrooptic-sampling including diffraction and aperture masking of a tilted astigmatic Gaussian sampling beam

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Abstract

Electrooptic-sampling necessitates a variety of probing geometries which include tilted astigmatic Gaussian sampling beams, whose field distribution has to be taken into consideration in the evaluation of the electrooptic-sampling signal. The generation of a tilted beam can be accomplished via an off-axis focussing lens. The formalism of ray matrices in geometrical optics is not adequate for waves with a field component in direction of the beam propagation. However, using Fresnels diffraction integral we derived the complex beam parameters for off-axis systems which are valid for half apex angles less than 12°. In addition, the sampling beam undergoes diffraction and aperture masking.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1699-1702
Number of pages4
JournalIEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest
Volume3
StatePublished - 1996
EventProceedings of the 1996 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest. Part 1 (of 3) - San Franscisco, CA, USA
Duration: 17 Jun 199621 Jun 1996

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