Holographic Gaussian to flat-top beam shaping

Optical Engineering

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 3114-3122

  Miler, Miroslav ^a   Aubrecht, Ivo ^a   Pala, Jan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHOTONICS AND ELECTRONICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Beam shaping; Flat top beam; Gaussian beam; Gaussian grating; Holographic beam shaping; Holographic recording; Super Gaussian beam

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTIVE OPTICS; HOLOGRAPHY; IRRADIATION; LASER BEAMS; LIGHT INTERFERENCE; LIGHT REFLECTION; LIGHT REFRACTION; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

GAUSSIAN GRATINGS; HOLOGRAPHIC BEAM SHAPING;

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS;

EID: 0347063939     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1613956     Document Type: Conference Paper

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