Generation of achromatic Bessel beams using a compensated spatial light modulator

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 5581-5587

  Leach, Jonathan ^a   Gibson, Graham M ^a   Padgett, Miles J ^a   Esposito, Elric ^b   McConnell, Gail ^b   Wright, Amanda J ^c   Girkin, John M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b Centre for Biophotonics   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION (WAVES); LIGHT MODULATION; LIGHT MODULATORS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; PRISMS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; BESSEL BEAMS; OPTICAL VORTEX; RADIAL WAVEVECTORS;

OPTICAL BEAM SPLITTERS;

EID: 33745157941     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.005581     Document Type: Article

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