Characterization of Bessel beams generated by polymeric microaxicons

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Merola, F ^a   Coppola, S ^a,b   Vespini, V ^a   Grilli, S ^a   Ferraro, P ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OTTICA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bessel beams; digital holography; microaxicons; optical tweezers

Indexed keywords

BESSEL FUNCTIONS; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; HOLOGRAMS; HOLOGRAPHY; LASER BEAMS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; POLYMERS;

BESSEL BEAM; DEPTH OF FOCUS; DIGITAL HOLOGRAPHY; FOCAL LENGTHS; GAUSSIANS; MICROAXICONS; NUMERICAL RECONSTRUCTION; OPTICALTRAPPING;

GAUSSIAN BEAMS;

EID: 84862106055     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: 13616501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/23/6/065204     Document Type: Article

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