Three-dimensional focus shaping with cylindrical vector beams

Optics Communications

Volumn 265, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 411-417

  Chen, Weibin ^a   Zhan, Qiwen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cylindrical vector beams; Depth of focus; Flattop focusing; Focus shaping; Optical bubble; Polarization

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; FOCUSING; LENSES; LIGHT POLARIZATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTICAL DEVICES;

CYLINDRICAL POLARIZATION; CYLINDRICAL VECTOR BEAMS; FLATTOP FOCUSING; FOCUS SHAPING; NUMERICAL APERTURE; OPTICAL BUBBLE; VECTOR BEAM ILLUMINATION;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 33748034067     PISSN: 00304018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optcom.2006.04.066     Document Type: Article

References (27)

1. Zhan Q., and Leger J.R. Opt. Exp. 10 (2002) 324
2. Passilly N., Denis R.S., Ait-Ameur K., Treussart F., Hierle R., and Roch J. J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 22 (2005) 984
3. Jia B., Gan X., and Gu M. Opt. Exp. 13 (2005) 6821
4. Bomzon Z., Biener G., Kleiner V., and Hasman E. Opt. Lett. 27 (2002) 285
5. Nesterov A.V., Niziev V.G., and Yakunin V.P. J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 32 (1999) 2871
6. Tovar A.A. J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 15 (1998) 27052711
7. Quabis S., Dorn R., Eberler M., Glockl O., and Leuchs G. Opt. Commun. 179 (2000) 1
8. Kuga T., Torii Y., Shiokawa N., Hirano T., Shimizu Y., and Sasada H. Phys. Rev. Lett. 78 (1997) 4713
9. Gahagan K.T., and Swartzlander G.A. J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 16 (1999) 533
10. Zhan Q. Opt. Exp. 12 (2004) 3377
11. Zhan Q. J. Opt. A: Pure Appl. Opt. 5 (2003) 229
12. Zhao Y.Q., Zhan Q., Zhang Y.L., and Li Y. Opt. Lett. 30 (2005) 848
13. Youngworth K.S., and Brown T.G. Proc. SPIE 3919 (2000) 75
14. Helseth L.E. Opt. Commun. 191 (2001) 161
15. Niziev V.G., and Nesterov A.V. J. Phys. D 32 (1999) 1455
16. Nesterov A.V., and Niziev V.G. J. Phys. D 33 (1999) 1817
17. Varin C., and Piche M. Appl. Phys. B 74 (2002) S83
18. Hafizi B., Esarey E., and Sprangle P. Phys. Rev. E 55 (1997) 3539
19. Sick B., Hecht B., and Novotny L. Phys. Rev. Lett. 85 (2000) 4482
20. Novotny L., Beversluis M.R., Youngworth K.S., and Brwon T.G. Phys. Rev. Lett. 86 (2001) 5251
21. Sun C., and Liu C. Opt. Lett. 28 (2003) 99
22. Dorn R., Quabis S., and Leuchs G. Phys. Rev. Lett. 91 (2003) 233901
23. Levy U., Tsai C., Pang L., and Fainman Y. Opt. Lett. 29 (2004) 1718
24. Youngworth K.S., and Brown T.G. Opt. Exp. 7 (2000) 77
25. Gu M. Advanced Optical Imaging Theory (1999), Springer-Verlag, New York p. 143
26. Klar T.A., Jakobs S., Dyba M., Egner A., and Hell S.W. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 97 (2000) 8206
27. Torok P., and Munro P.R.T. Opt. Exp. 12 (2004) 3605