Generation of a variable-diameter collimated hollow laser beam using metal axicon mirrors

Optical Engineering

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Tiwari, Sanjiv ^a   Mishra, Satya R ^a   Ram, Suriya P ^a  

^a RAJA RAMANNA CENTRE FOR ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

axicon mirror; Bessel beam; hollow beam

Indexed keywords

BESSEL BEAM; CONE ANGLE; GAUSSIANS; HIGH CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; HOLLOW BEAMS; VARIABLE DIAMETER;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; GAUSSIAN BEAMS; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; LASER BEAMS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

MIRRORS;

EID: 81755184791     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: 15602303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3530080     Document Type: Article

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