Calculation of complex transmission function of refractive axicons
A.V. Ustinov, S.N. Khonina

Full text of article: Russian language.

Abstract:
In work on the basis of the geometric-optical analyzing the rays tracing for refractive axicons in two configurations is considered: at falling laser radiation on a flat side of an axicon and on a tip. The executed calculations allow to receive for an axicon complex transmission function which further is used in vectorial Rayleigh–Sommerfeld diffraction integral for modelling propagation light after axicon in the near zone of diffraction.

Key words:
refractive axicon, total inner reflection, vectorial Rayleigh–Sommerfeld integral, near zone of diffraction.

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