Broadband focused waves with compensated spatial dispersion: transverse versus axial balance

Opt Lett. 2007 Apr 1;32(7):853-5. doi: 10.1364/ol.32.000853.

Abstract

We determine the constraints an ABCD optical system must verify to achieve, at the focal region, broadband waves with compensated spatial dispersion either along the optical axis, called on-axis isodiffracting fields, or in the lateral direction, here named in-plane isodiffracting beams. An optical configuration is identified for generating both types of achromatic broadband focused wave fields. An experimental verification is also provided.