Generation of a focused hollow beam by an 2π-phase plate and its application in atom or molecule optics

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 529-536

  Xia, Yong ^a   Yin, Jianping ^a  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC BEAMS; DIFFRACTION; ELECTRON TRAPS; LASER OPTICS; LENSES; LIGHT PROPAGATION; LIGHT SCATTERING; MOLECULAR BEAMS; PHOTONS;

FOCUSED HOLLOW BEAM; FRESNEL DIFFRACTION THEORY; GAUSSIAN BEAM; PHASE PLATE; PHOTON SCATTERING;

LASER BEAMS;

EID: 17644425687     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.22.000529     Document Type: Article

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