Generation of quasi-Bessel beams and femtosecond optical X-waves with conical mirrors

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4833, Issue , 2002, Pages 876-884

  Fortin, J F ^a   Rousseau, G ^a   McCarthy, N ^a   Piche, M ^a  

^a CENTRE D OPTIQUE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Axicon; Bessel beam; Conical mirror; Non diffracting beam; Non diffracting wave packet; X pulse; X wave

Indexed keywords

HELIUM NEON LASERS; MIRRORS; X RAYS;

CONICAL MIRRORS;

LASER BEAMS;

EID: 0038723464     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.473835     Document Type: Conference Paper

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