An experiment to study a "nondiffracting" light beam

Authors
McQueen, CA Arlt, J Dholakia, K
Citation
Ca. Mcqueen et al., An experiment to study a "nondiffracting" light beam, AM J PHYS, 67(10), 1999, pp. 912-915
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICS
ISSN journal
00029505 → ACNP
Volume
67
Issue
10
Year of publication
1999
Pages
912 - 915
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9505(199910)67:10<912:AETSA">2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
We present a simple experiment by which a student can generate and study a zeroth-order Bessel beam. Such beams are often termed nondiffracting (propa gation invariant) as they have a central maximum that can propagate for ext ended distances without experiencing appreciable spreading. (C) 1999 Americ an Association of Physics Teachers.