From stationary annular rings to rotating Bessel beams

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 567-573

  Dudley, Angela ^a,b   Forbes, Andrew ^a,b  

^a DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICS;

ANNULAR RINGS; BESSEL BEAM; INTENSITY PROFILES; NEAR-FIELD; OPTICAL FOURIER TRANSFORMS; PHASE-ONLY; PROPAGATION AXIS; RADIAL POSITION; SPATIAL LIGHT MODULATORS;

OPTICAL SYSTEMS;

EID: 84859229784     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.29.000567     Document Type: Article

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