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Double bessel beam producing method and apparatus

US6016223A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 25, 1996
Grant dateJan 18, 2000
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Expiry dateNov 25, 2016

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S359/90
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A double Bessel beam is produced such that two Bessel beams are superimposed on each other with respect to amplitude so as to interfere with each other. Each of the Bessel beams has a shape of the zero-order bessel function of the first kind and a light amplitude distribution different in diameter from that of the other. An apparatus for producing a double Bessel beam includes a device for producing two Bessel beams each having a shape of the zero-order Bessel function of the first kind and a light amplitude distribution different in diameter from the other, and a device for superimposing the two Bessel beams on each other with respect to amplitude so as to interfere with each other.

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