Generation of achromatic Bessel beams using a compensated spatial light modulator
Year: 2006
Type: article
Abstract: We report the creation of white-light, achromatic Bessel beams using a spatial light modulator and a prism to compensate for the dispersion. Unlike the Bessel beam created by a refractive axicon, this achromatic beam has a radial wavevector and hence an intensity cross-section which is independent of wavelength. The technique also lends itself to the generation of higher order Bessel beams with an on-axis optical vortex and associated orbital angular momentum.
Source: Optics Express
DOI: 10.1364/oe.14.005581
Institutions: Scottish Universities Physics Alliance, University of Glasgow
Language: English
Subfield: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $2,270
OpenAlex ID: W1985291221