Lens axicons: Systems composed of a diverging aberrated lens and a perfect converging lens

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

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 2383-2390

  Jaroszewicz, Zbigniew ^a,b   Morales, Javier ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^b INSTITUTE OF APPLIED OPTICS   (Poland)

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EID: 0004458780     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.15.002383     Document Type: Article

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