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authorMatt Argao <mcargao@email.wm.edu>2013-03-31 22:35:49 -0400
committerMatt Argao <mcargao@email.wm.edu>2013-03-31 22:35:49 -0400
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Added descriptions to each function.v3.0
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diff --git a/self_gbeam_propagation.m b/self_gbeam_propagation.m
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--- a/self_gbeam_propagation.m
+++ b/self_gbeam_propagation.m
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
function [ w, w_pos ] = self_gbeam_propagation( w0, x_lens, f, x0, lambda )
-%SELF_GBEAM_PROPAGATION Summary of this function goes here
-% Detailed explanation goes here
+%Beam propagation based on Sidney A. Self's "Focusing of spherical Gaussian
+%beams". Applied Optics, Vol. 22, Issue 5, pp. 658-661 (1983)
n_lens = 3;
-w = w0;
-w_pos = x0;
+w = w0; %Initial waist
+w_pos = x0; %Initial waist position
for i = 1:n_lens
x_from_next_lens = x_lens(i) - w_pos(i);
@@ -14,32 +14,4 @@ for i = 1:n_lens
w_pos(i+1) = x_lens(i) + s_new;
end
-% x_pos= x_lens;
-% x(1)=w_pos(1);
-% waist_prop(1)=w(1);
-%
-% x_temp=linspace(x0 ,x_pos(1));
-% waist_prop=[waist_prop, w(1)*sqrt(1+((x_temp-w_pos(1))/(pi*w(1)^2/lambda)).^2)];
-% x=[x x_temp];
-%
-% for i=1:n_lens
-% x_temp=linspace(x_pos(i),x_pos(i+1));
-% waist_prop=[waist_prop, w(i)*sqrt(1+((x_temp-w_pos(i))/(pi*w(i)^2/lambda)).^2)];
-% x=[x x_temp];
-% end
-%
-% x_temp=linspace(x_pos(end),x_pos(end)+abs(f(end)));
-% waist_prop=[waist_prop, w(end)*sqrt(1+((x_temp-w_pos(end))/(pi*w(end)^2/lambda)).^2)];
-% x=[x x_temp];
-%
-%
-% figure(1)
-% plot(x,waist_prop,'r',x,-waist_prop,'r');
-%
-
-
-
-
-
-end
-
+end \ No newline at end of file