Design of fan-out kinoforms in the entire scalar diffraction regime with an optimal-rotation-angle method

Applied Optics

Volumn 36, Issue 32, 1997, Pages 8435-8444

  Bengtsson, Jörgen ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Diffractive optics design; Fan out diffraction pattern; Kinoforms; Optimal rotation angle; Rigorous scalar diffraction

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CAMERAS; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; GREEN'S FUNCTION; HELIUM NEON LASERS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; LENSES; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTIMIZATION; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS; VECTORS;

DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL PHASE ELEMENTS; DIFFRACTIVE OPTICS DESIGN; FAN OUT DIFFRACTION PATTERNS; FAN OUT KINOFORMS; OPTIMAL ROTATION ANGLE;

PHASE MODULATION;

EID: 0031268237     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.36.008435     Document Type: Article

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