Historical perspective of laser beam shaping

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4770, Issue , 2002, Pages 28-47

  Shealy, David L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; GRADIENT INDEX OPTICS; LENSES; LIGHT PROPAGATION; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; MIRRORS; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTIMIZATION; RAY TRACING; WAVE EQUATIONS;

ASPHERIC ELEMENT; CONSTANT OPTICAL PATH LENGTH; ELLIPTICAL GAUSSIAN INPUT BEAM; IRRADIANCE MAPPING; LASER BEAM SHAPING;

LASER BEAMS;

EID: 0036983712     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.453505     Document Type: Conference Paper

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