On use of ghost-less beam splitter in reversal shear interferometer for measurement of spatial coherence of large cross-section laser beam

Optics and Laser Technology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 133-136

  Chatterjee, Sanjib ^a   Prakash, Om ^a  

^a RAJA RAMANNA CENTRE FOR ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Ghost less beam splitter; High average power laser beam; Reversal shear interferometer; Spatial coherence

Indexed keywords

COHERENT LIGHT; HIGH POWER LASERS; INTERFEROMETERS; LIGHT REFLECTION; OPTICAL BEAM SPLITTERS;

SPATIAL COHERENCE;

LASER BEAMS;

EID: 0037343529     PISSN: 00303992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0030-3992(02)00164-0     Document Type: Article

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