%0 Journal Article %A Piquero Sanz, Gemma María %A Mejías Arias, Pedro Miguel %A Martínez Herrero, María Rosario %T Quality changes of gaussian beams propagating through axicons %D 1994 %@ 0030-4018 %U https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/58856 %X The beam quality parameter of gaussian fields propagating through axicons is investigated. A simple analytical formula is derived for the output quality parameter in terms of the input beam width, refractive index of the axicon material and the angle of the axicon wedge. %~