Curved diffractive optical element for uniform concentration at the thermodynamic limit at finite distance

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 656-661

  Davidson, Nir ^a   Bokor, Nándor ^b  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY (OPTICAL); DIFFRACTIVE OPTICS; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; HOLOGRAMS; LIGHT; MIRRORS; MONOCHROMATORS; PUMPING (LASER); REFLECTION; SOLID STATE LASERS;

CURVED DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENT; LIGHT INTENSITY; LIGHT-DENSITY PROFILE; THERMODYNAMIC LIMIT;

HOLOGRAPHIC OPTICAL ELEMENTS;

EID: 2042447107     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.21.000656     Document Type: Article

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