Focusing properties of fresnel zone plates with spiral phase

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 12818-12823

  Zhang, Binzhi ^a   Zhao, Daomu ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); TOPOLOGY;

FOCUSING PROPERTIES; FRESNEL ZONE PLATE; HOLLOW BEAMS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; PLANE WAVE; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; SPIRAL PHASE; TOPOLOGICAL CHARGES; ZONE PLATES;

OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 77953594952     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.012818     Document Type: Article

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