Analytical beam shaping with application to laser-diode arrays

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1549-1553

  Aagedal, Harald ^a   Schmid, Michael ^a   Egner, Sebastian ^a   Müller Quade, Jörn ^a   Beth, Thomas ^a   Wyrowski, Frank ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

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EID: 0000143484     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.14.001549     Document Type: Article

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