Systematic design of an anastigmatic lens axicon

Applied Optics

Volumn 46, Issue 24, 2007, Pages 6076-6080

  Goncharov, Alexander V ^a   Burvall, Anna ^a   Dainty, Christopher ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS; OPTIMAL SYSTEMS;

ANASTIGMATIC AXICON; SINGLET LENS; UNIFORM WIDTH;

LENSES;

EID: 36749085940     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.46.006076     Document Type: Article

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