Bessel-like beam array formation by periodical arrangement of the polymeric round-tip microstructures

Opt Express. 2015 Nov 2;23(22):28557-66. doi: 10.1364/OE.23.028557.

Abstract

Here, we report the formation of Bessel-like beam array from periodic patterns fabricated by the four-beam interference lithography. Characteristics of the generated Bessel-like beams depend on geometrical parameters of the fabricated microaxicon-like structures, which can be easily controlled via the laser processing parameters. The output beam characteristics disclose the attributes of Bessel beams. The demonstrated method enables an easy fabrication of angular-tolerant wavefront detectors, optical tweezers, optical imaging systems or materials processing tools, having a broad range of applications.