Abstract
Propagation characteristics of Helmholtz-Gauss beams through homogeneous gain and loss media are studied. General expressions for the propagated field, average power, nondiffracting distance, and beam centroid and spreading are obtained and discussed.
© 2006 Optical Society of America
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