Generating Bessel beams with a tunable acoustic gradient index of refraction lens

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6326, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Tsai, Tracy ^a,b   McLeod, Euan ^b   Arnold, Craig B ^b  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

Acousto optics; Bessel beam; Gradient index lens; Optical trapping; TAG

Indexed keywords

BESSEL BEAMS; GRADIENT INDEX LENS; OPTICAL TRAPPING; TUNABLE ACOUSTIC GRADIENT INDEX OF REFRACTION (TAG) LENS;

ACOUSTOOPTICAL EFFECTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT LENSES; PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

GRADIENT INDEX OPTICS;

EID: 33751410049     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.682945     Document Type: Conference Paper

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