Generating superimposed Bessel beams with a volume holographic axicon

Quasi-Bessel beams (QBB) with different profiles are generated with an axicon-telescope system. Beam profiles are found to vary with different axicon-telescope distance delta. QBBs are stored as volume holograms in a photo-refractive crystal. Reconstructions of the QBBs are focused by the recording axicon to produce superimposed Bessel beams (SBBs) with oscillating cores. SBBs formed through this method have different oscillation periods that range from 4.3 to 6.1 cm. We demonstrate that periodicity is dependent on d. Our method allows tunability of the SBB period through a simple rearrangement of optical elements. (C) 2017 Optical Society of America