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Coaxial optical cone (bicone) is proposed to be used for additional subwavelength focusing of laser radiation. The transmission loss and the efficiency of bicone excitation are estimated. The bicone modes with a singularity in the vertex are experimentally excited by visible light.
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Translated from Pis’ma v Zhurnal Éksperimental’no\(\overset{\lower0.5em\hbox{$\smash{\scriptscriptstyle\smile}$}}{l} \) i Teoretichesko\(\overset{\lower0.5em\hbox{$\smash{\scriptscriptstyle\smile}$}}{l} \) Fiziki, Vol. 72, No. 3, 2000, pp. 168–172.
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Zuev, V.S., Frantsesson, A.V. Subwavelength focusing of laser radiation. Jetp Lett. 72, 115–118 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1134/1.1316811
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