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Spatial distribution of the intensity of laser beam diffracted on the conical surface of an axicon

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The field of diffraction from an axicon irradiated by a He-Ne laser has been studied. For this purpose the diffracting surface of the axicon is conceptually divided into tangential Fresnel regions. It is shown that evaluation of the Fresnel integral from only the first region provides a correct pattern of spatial distribution of the diffraction field of the axicon. The calculated distribution coincides sufficiently well with the experimental pattern. It is also shown that with a change in the laser beam radius and in the rounding of axicon vertex the location of maxima and minima of the diffraction field does not practically change.

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  1. Institute for Physical Research, NAS of Armenia, Ashtarak, Armenia

    A. E. Martirosyan

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Original Russian Text © A.E. Martirosyan, 2008, published in Izvestiya NAN Armenii, Fizika, 2008, Vol. 43, No. 3, pp. 182–190.

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Martirosyan, A.E. Spatial distribution of the intensity of laser beam diffracted on the conical surface of an axicon. J. Contemp. Phys. 43, 114–120 (2008). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1068337208030043

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