Generation of hollow conic beams using a metal axicon mirror

Optical Engineering

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2007, Pages

  Mishra, Satya Ram ^a   Tiwari, Sanjiv K ^a   Ram, Surjya P ^a   Mehendale, Shrikant C ^a  

^a RAJA RAMANNA CENTRE FOR ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Atom guiding; Axicon mirror; Hollow beam; Nondiffracting beams

Indexed keywords

LIGHT PROPAGATION; MIRRORS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT LENSES;

ATOM GUIDING; AXICON MIRROR; HOLLOW CONIC BEAM; NONDIFFRACTING BEAM;

LASER BEAMS;

EID: 36048999996     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: 15602303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.2771155     Document Type: Article

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