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Diffraction-free beams with elliptic Bessel envelope in periodic media

Juan Jose MiretCarlos J. Zapata-rodríguez

subject

PhysicsDiffractionUniaxial crystalbusiness.industryParaxial approximationPhysics::OpticsStatistical and Nonlinear PhysicsAtomic and Molecular Physics and OpticsPtychographysymbols.namesakeOpticsBessel beamsymbolsCrystal opticsbusinessBessel functionEnvelope (waves)

description

We report on discrete, nondiffracting, paraxial beams with a Bessel spatial envelope in 1D periodic structures of dielectric media. Anisotropy of the envelope profile is demonstrated to behave in the same manner as extraordinary waves in uniaxial crystals.

https://doi.org/10.1364/josab.25.000001