Modeling the sharp focus of a radially polarized laser mode using a conical and a binary microaxicon

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1991-1997

  Kotlyar, V V ^a,b   Stafeev, S S ^a,b  

^a RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^b SAMARA NATIONAL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION; DISKS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; LASER MODES; LASER RESONATORS;

AIRY DISKS; BESSEL BEAM; DIFFRACTION LIMITS; DIFFRACTION SPOTS; FOCAL SPOT; IMMERSION MEDIUM; MAXIMUM INTENSITIES; NUMERICAL APERTURE; POLARIZED LASERS; SHARP FOCUS; TEM;

FOCUSING;

EID: 77957886711     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.27.001991     Document Type: Article

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