Non-solid, non-rigid optics for high power laser systems

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6261 I, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Michaelis, M M ^a   Forbes, A ^a   Conti, A ^a   Nativel, N ^a   Bencherif, H ^b   Bingham, R ^c   Kellett, B ^c   Govender, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LA RÉUNION   (France)

^c RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flame lenses; Gas lenses; Non solid optics

Indexed keywords

HARMONIC ANALYSIS; JETS; LASER BEAMS; LIGHT REFLECTION; MIRRORS; PROPULSION;

FLAME LENSES; GAS LENSES; NON-SOLID OPTICS; SOLID STATE OPTICS;

SOLID STATE PHYSICS;

EID: 33747349465     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.672988     Document Type: Conference Paper

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