Imaging objects behind small obstacles using axicon lens

• Main Authors: Perinchery, Sandeep Menon, Shinde, Anant, Murukeshan, Vadakke Matham
• Other Authors: Asundi, Anand K.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Axicon Lens; Imaging Behind Obstacle; Engineering::Mechanical engineering
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/106842; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/49664
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Axicon lenses are conical prisms, which are known to focus a light source to a line comprising of multiple points along the optical axis. In this study, we analyze the potential of axicon lenses to view, image and record the object behind opaque obstacles in free space. The advantage of an axicon le...