RT Book, Section T1 Considerations on the design of diffractive optical needles A1 Martínez Herrero, Rosario A1 Maluenda, David A1 Juvells, Ignasi A1 Carnicer, Artur AB According to intensity consideration along the propagation axis, we derived mathematical conditions for a family of modulating functions able to produce needles of arbitrary length, sub-wavelength width and almost constant irradiance. These functions are derived by introducing mathematical constrains on the on-axis power content. As a result, the modulating distribution is continuous with no jumps within or at the edge of the pupil. Numerical results suggests that the proposed approach is suitable for producing high quality needles. PB IEEE Computer Society SN 978-1-5386-6013-3 YR 2019 FD 2019-02-18 LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/13995 UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/13995 LA eng NO ©2018 IEEE Computer SocietyWorkshop on Information Optics (17. 2018. Quebec, Canadá)ISSN: 2472-159XR.M.H. and A.C. acknowledges support from Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad (MINECO) grant number FIS2016-75147-C3-1-P. NO Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad (MINECO) DS Docta Complutense RD 6 may 2024