Single-element laser beam shaper for uniform flat-top profiles

Optics Express

Volumn 11, Issue 16, 2003, Pages 1942-1948

  Zhang, S ^a   Neil, G ^a   Shinn, M ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON NATIONAL ACCELERATOR FACILITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPHERICS; HIGH POWER LASERS; HOLOGRAPHY; LENSES; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; OPTICAL DESIGN; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; REFRACTIVE INDEX; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

ASPHERICAL LENSES; FLAT TOP PROFILES; LASER BEAM SHAPERS; LASER DEVICES;

LASER BEAMS;

EID: 1542667452     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.11.001942     Document Type: Article

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