Finite-energy, accelerating Bessel pulses

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 24, 2008, Pages 19807-19811

  Clerici, M ^a,e   Faceio, D ^a,b,e   Lotti, A ^a,e   Rubino, E ^a,e   Jedrkiewicz, O ^a,e   Biegert, J ^b,c   Di Trapani, P ^a,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^b ICFO INSTITUT DE CIENCIES FOTONIQUES   (Spain)

^c INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

^d VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^e Centro di Cultura Scientifica Alessandro Volta   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL CONSTANTS;

BESSEL BEAM; CONE ANGLE; FINITE ENERGY; GAUSSIAN PULSE; PROPAGATION DIRECTION; RADIAL COORDINATES; SPATIAL MODULATIONS;

OPTICS;

EID: 56749181003     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.019807     Document Type: Article

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