Single aspherical lens for deastigmatism, collimation, and circularization of a laser beam

Applied Optics

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1148-1151

  Xiao Qun, Zhou ^a   Kok, Bryan Ngoi ^a   Seong, Koh Soon ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LENSES; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

DEASTIGMATISM;

LASER BEAMS;

EID: 0005372551     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.39.001148     Document Type: Article

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