Conical diffraction and Bessel beam formation with a high optical quality biaxial crystal

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 12891-12899

  Phelan, C F ^a   O'Dwyer, D P ^a   Rakovich, Y P ^a   Donegan, J F ^a   Lunney, J G ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BESSEL FUNCTIONS; DIFFRACTION; LASER BEAMS; OPTICAL KERR EFFECT; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

CONICAL DIFFRACTION; EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES; FIRST ORDER BESSEL BEAM; GAUSSIAN LASER BEAM; INTENSITY DISTRIBUTION; OPTICAL ARRANGEMENT; OPTICAL QUALITIES; POLARIZATION PROPERTIES;

GAUSSIAN BEAMS;

EID: 67749086526     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.012891     Document Type: Article

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