An achromatic refractive laser beam reshaper

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5175, Issue , 2003, Pages 1-11

  Jefferson, C Michael ^a   Hoffnagle, John A ^a  

^a IBM ALMADEN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DIFFRACTIVE OPTICS; INFRARED RADIATION; LENSES; LIGHT PROPAGATION; OPTICAL DEVICES; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ASPHERIC LENSES; LASER BEAM RESHAPER; REFRACTING ELEMENTS; SPECTRAL INTERVAL;

LASER BEAMS;

EID: 2342503271     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.511304     Document Type: Conference Paper

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