Abstract
We introduce a higher-order complex source that generates elegant Laguerre–Gaussian waves with radial mode number and angular mode number . We derive the integral and differential representations for the elegant Laguerre–Gaussian wave that in the appropriate limit yields the corresponding elegant Laguerre-Gaussian beam. From the spectral representation of the elegant Lauguerre–Gaussian wave we determine the first three orders of nonparaxial corrections for the corresponding paraxial elegant Laguerre–Gaussian beam.
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