Nearly diffraction-limited laser focal spot obtained by use of an optically addressed light valve in an adaptive-optics loop

Optics Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 475-477

  Chanteloup, J C ^a   Baldis, H ^a,d   Migus, A ^a   Mourou, G ^b   Loiseaux, B ^c   Huignard, J P ^c  

^a ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c THALES   (France)

^d LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; LASER BEAMS; LASER PULSES; LIGHT MODULATORS; NEODYMIUM LASERS; OPTICAL SENSORS; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; Q SWITCHED LASERS;

ACHROMATIC THREE WAVE INTERFEROMETER; ADAPTIVE OPTICAL TECHNIQUE; OPTICALLY ADDRESSED LIGHT VALVE;

INTERFEROMETERS;

EID: 0032024459     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.23.000475     Document Type: Article

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