Sub-wavelength focal spot with long depth of focus generated by radially polarized, narrow-width annular beam

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 4518-4525

  Kitamura, Kyoko ^a   Sakai, Kyosuke ^a   Noda, Susumu ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; LASER OPTICS; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

ANNULAR BEAMS; DEPTH OF FOCUS; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; FOCAL SPOT; HIGH RESOLUTION; NARROW WIDTH; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL LASER; RADIALLY POLARIZED BEAM; SUB-WAVELENGTH;

FOCUSING;

EID: 77749305167     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.004518     Document Type: Article

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