Conical optics: The solution to confine light

Applied Optics

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1994-2000

  Grosjean, T ^a   Baida, F ^a   Courjon, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; SCANNING;

BESSEL BEAM; CONICAL OPTICS;

OPTICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 34248202624     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.46.001994     Document Type: Article

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