Thin-film microoptics for the generation of femtosecond Bessel beam arrays

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Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages 208-210

  Grunwald, R ^a   Griebner, U ^a   Tschirschwitz, F ^a   Nibbering, E T J ^a   Hamra, P ^a   Elsaesser, T ^a   Kebbel, V ^b  

^a MAX BORN INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b BIAS BREMER INSTITUT FÜR ANGEWANDTE STRAHLTECHNIK GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BESSEL FUNCTIONS; LASER BEAMS;

AXICONS; BESSEL BEAM; BESSEL BEAM ARRAYS; COUPLING EFFECT; FEMTOSECONDS; INTERFERENCE PATTERNS; SPACE-TIME COUPLING; SPATIALLY RESOLVED; THIN FILM MICROOPTICS; THIN-FILMS;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 84893995608     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21622701     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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