Generation of nondiffracting beams by diffractive phase elements

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 2362-2364

  Cong, Wen Xiang ^a   Chen, Nan Xian ^a   Gu, Ben Yuan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BEIJING   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

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EID: 0000822008     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.15.002362     Document Type: Article

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