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Phys. Rev. Lett. 58, 1499–1501 (1987)

Diffraction-free beams

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J. Durnin and J. J. Miceli, Jr.
The Institute of Optics, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627

J. H. Eberly
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627

Received 20 October 1986; published in the issue dated 13 April 1987

It was recently predicted that nondiffracting beams, with beam spots as small as a few wavelengths, can exist and propagate in free space. We report the first experimental investigation of these beams.

© 1987 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.58.1499
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.58.1499
PACS:
03.50.-z, 03.65.-w, 41.10.Hv, 42.10.Hc

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Comment: D. DeBeer, S. R. Hartmann, and R. Friedberg, Comment on "Diffraction-Free Beams", Phys. Rev. Lett. 59, 2611 (1987).

 
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