Generation of nearly nondiffracting Bessel beams with a Fabry–Perot interferometer

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

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 3009-3013

  Horvath Z L ^a   Erdelyi M ^a   Szabo G ^a   Bor, Zs ^a   Tittel, F K ^b   Cavallaro, J R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^b Rice University   (United States)

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EID: 0001198501     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.14.003009     Document Type: Article

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