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PHYSICS

Properties of vectorial paraxial light beams. II. The non homogeneous polarization

S. S. Girgel

F. Scorina Gomel State University, Gomel

Abstract: The formalism for the description of the vector paraxial light beams to the beams with nonhomogeneous polarization is propagated. Simple expressions for polarization and energy flux density of electromagnetic field of the vector light beams with nonhomogeneous polarization of various types were discovered. New types of the vector paraxial light beams are featured. It is proved, that if any paraxial light beam with the nonhomogeneous polarization is spread out into two coherent circular polarized beams and the former are spread independently, then their streams of energy are parted and they are independent.

Keywords: paraxial beams, vector beams, light beams, polarizable properties, energy properties, nonhomogeneous polarization.

UDC: 535.42+537.86.22

Received: 13.01.2012