Optically tunable hollow Gaussian beams with thin metal films

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1934-1937

  Gerdova, Irina ^a   Zhang, Xinhui ^a   Haché, Alain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONCTON   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; ATOMS; LIGHT REFLECTION; METALS; SPATIAL VARIABLES CONTROL; THIN FILMS;

GAUSSIAN BEAMS; OPTICALLY TUNABLE HOLLOW BEAMS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; THIN METAL FILMS;

LIGHT;

EID: 33749628133     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.23.001934     Document Type: Article

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