Investigation of axicon application in high-aperture focusing system

Computer Optics

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 35-51

  Khonina, Svetlana Nikolaevna ^a,b   Volotovsky, Sergey Gennadjevich ^a  

^a RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^b SAMARA NATIONAL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Depth of focus; Diffractive linear axicon; Lensacon; Sharp focusing; Size of a central light spot

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; POLARIZATION;

AZIMUTHAL POLARIZATION; DEPTH OF FOCUS; DIFFRACTIVE LINEAR AXICON; LENSACON; LIGHT SPOT; LINEAR POLARIZATION; RADIAL POLARIZATION; TRANSVERSE COMPONENTS;

FOCUSING;

EID: 77957866426     PISSN: 01342452     EISSN: 24126179     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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