Formation of bessel beams by vortex axicons
R.V. Skidanov, S.V. Ganchevskaya

Image Processing Systems Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences,
Samara State Aerospace University

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DOI: 10.18287/0134-2452-2014-38-3-463-468

Pages: 463-468.

Abstract:
Was considered the formation of Bessel beams by vortex axicons with different topological charges patterns. Presented the results of mathematical simulation and experiments.

Key words:
Bessel beams, vortex axicon, topological charge.

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