Optical design of laser beam shaping systems

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4832, Issue , 2002, Pages 344-358

  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

CALCULATIONS; DIFFRACTION; LASER BEAMS; LASER OPTICS; LASERS; LENSES; MIRRORS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; RAY TRACING;

LASER BEAM SHAPING; LASER BEAM SHAPING SYSTEMS;

OPTICAL DESIGN;

EID: 0037668273     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.486455     Document Type: Conference Paper

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