Abstract

Recently, a method for obtaining diffraction–attenuation resistant beams in absorbing media has been developed in terms of suitable superposition of ideal zero-order Bessel beams. In this work, we show that such beams keep their resistance to diffraction and absorption even when generated by finite apertures. Moreover, we shall extend the original method to allow a higher control over the transverse intensity profile of the beams. Although the method is developed for scalar fields, it can be applied to paraxial vector wave fields, as well. These new beams have many potential applications, such as in free-space optics, medical apparatus, remote sensing, and optical tweezers.

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Diffraction-Attenuation resistant beams in absorbing media

Michel Zamboni-Rached
Opt. Express 14(5) 1804-1809 (2006)

Transmission of spatial-shaped diffraction-resistant beams through stratified dielectric media: finite energy formulation

João Quaglio and Michel Zamboni-Rached
J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 35(12) 2079-2086 (2018)

Modeling the longitudinal intensity pattern of diffraction resistant beams in stratified media

Grazielle de A. Lourenço-Vittorino and Michel Zamboni-Rached
Appl. Opt. 57(20) 5643-5651 (2018)

Diffraction-resistant scalar beams generated by a parabolic reflector and a source of spherical waves

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Appl. Opt. 54(19) 5949-5955 (2015)

Simple and effective method for the analytic description of important optical beams when truncated by finite apertures

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