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Journal of Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 123872, 3 pages
doi:10.1155/2012/123872
Research Article

Elongated Photonic Nanojet from Truncated Cylindrical Zone Plate

Sergey S. Stafeev and Victor V. Kotlyar

Laser Measurements Laboratory, Image Processing Systems Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, 151 Molodogvardeyskaya Street, Samara 443001, Russia

Received 31 July 2012; Accepted 18 October 2012

Academic Editor: Keli Han

Copyright © 2012 Sergey S. Stafeev and Victor V. Kotlyar. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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