  We present an analytical method to achieve highly non-paraxial, azimuthally
polarized structured beams that, when propagating through an absorbing
stratified media, can assume in the last semi-infinite layer approximately any
desired longitudinal intensity pattern within spatial regions few times larger
than the wavelength. The possibility of managing the properties of a highly
non-paraxial beam under adverse conditions, such as multiple reflections in
stratified structures and energy loss to the material media, may be of great
importance in many different optical applications, like trapping and
micro-manipulation, remote sensing, thin films, medical devices, medical
therapies and so on.
