Design and manufacture of a gradient-index axicon

Applied Optics

Volumn 39, Issue 16, 2000, Pages 2687-2694

  Fischer, David J ^a   Harkrider, Curtis J ^a,b   Moore, Duncan T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY EYE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; LENSES; OPTICAL DESIGN; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

GRADIENT-INDEX AXICON;

OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 0011768958     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.39.002687     Document Type: Article

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