Compensation of Beer-Lambert attenuation using non-diffracting Bessel beams
Optics
2020-01-30 v2 Quantum Physics
Abstract
We report on a versatile method to compensate the linear attenuation in a medium, independently of its microscopic origin. The method exploits diffraction-limited Bessel beams and tailored on-axis intensity profiles which are generated using a phase-only spatial light modulator. This technique for compensating one of the most fundamental limiting processes in linear optics is shown to be efficient for a wide range of experimental conditions (modifying the refractive index and the attenuation coefficient). Finally, we explain how this method can be advantageously exploited in applications ranging from bio-imaging light sheet microscopy to quantum memories for future quantum communication networks.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1903.09804,
title = {Compensation of Beer-Lambert attenuation using non-diffracting Bessel beams},
author = {Quentin Fontaine and Huiqin Hu and Simon Pigeon and Tom Bienaimé and E Wu and Elisabeth Giacobino and Alberto Bramati and Quentin Glorieux},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1903.09804},
year = {2020}
}