Design and analysis of an elliptical Gaussian laser beam shaping system

Proceedings of SPIE-The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4443, Issue , 2001, Pages 24-35

  Shealy, David L ^a   Chao, Shao Hua ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b National Hualien Teachers College   (China)

Author keywords

Geometrical optics; Irradiance mapping; Laser beam shaping; Optical design

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; LASER BEAMS; OPTICAL DESIGN;

LASER BEAM SHAPING SYSTEMS;

OPTICAL SYSTEMS;

EID: 0035759398     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.446751     Document Type: Article

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