Direct electron beam writing of kinoform micro-axicon for generation of propagation-invariant beams with long non-diffracting distance

Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 329-334

  Yuan, X C ^a,b   Ahluwalia, B P S ^a   Cheong, W C ^a   Bu, J ^a   Niu, H B ^b   Peng, X ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b SHENZHEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Axicon; Bessel beams; Bottle beams; Double axicon; Kinoform; Micro optics

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINT THEORY; ELECTRON BEAM LITHOGRAPHY; ENERGY CONVERSION; ERROR ANALYSIS; MICROOPTICS;

AXICON; BESSEL BEAMS; BOTTLE BEAMS; DOUBLE AXICON;

ELECTRON BEAMS;

EID: 34047205182     PISSN: 14644258     EISSN: 17413567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1464-4258/9/4/004     Document Type: Article

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