Conical dynamics of Bessel beams

Optical Engineering

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2007, Pages

  Anguiano Morales, Marcelino ^a   Méndex Otero, M Maribel ^a   Iturbe Castillo, M David ^b   Chávez Cerda, Sabino ^b  

^a BUAP ^*  (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ASTROFÍSICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Axicon optics; Bessel beams; Diffraction free beams

Indexed keywords

BEAM PROPAGATION METHOD; DIFFRACTION; WAVE EQUATIONS;

AXICON OPTICS; BESSEL BEAMS; CONICAL WAVES; FINITE TRANSVERSE EXTENSION;

OPTICS;

EID: 34548643217     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: 15602303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.2752167     Document Type: Article

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