Speckle reduction in laser projection systems by diffractive optical elements

Applied Optics

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1770-1775

  Wang, Lingli ^a   Tschudi, Theo ^a   Halldórsson, Thorsteinn ^b   Pétursson, Pálmi R ^b  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b DAIMLER AG   (Germany)

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EID: 0005599588     PISSN: 00036935     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.37.001770     Document Type: Article

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