Bessel beams generated with non-ideal axicons are affected by aberrations. We introduce a method to retrieve the complex amplitude of a Bessel beam from intensity measurements alone, and then use this information to correct the wavefront and intensity profile using a deformable mirror.
@article{arxiv.2201.09964,
title = {Phase front retrieval and correction of Bessel beams},
author = {B. Miao and L. Feder and J. E. Shrock and H. M. Milchberg},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2201.09964},
year = {2022}
}