4π focusing of TM01 beams under nonparaxial conditions

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 22128-22140

  April, Alexandre ^a   Piché, Michel ^a  

^a CENTRE D OPTIQUE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; MAGNETIC MATERIALS;

ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS; CLOSED FORM SOLUTIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD COMPONENTS; FOCUSED BEAMS; FOCUSING SYSTEM; NONPARAXIAL; PARABOLIC MIRRORS; POINT-SOURCE METHOD; PRIMARY ABERRATION; SPHERICAL ABERRATIONS; TRANSVERSE DIMENSIONS; VECTOR FIELDS; VECTOR MAGNETIC POTENTIAL;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS;

EID: 78049498283     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.022128     Document Type: Article

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