Application of a beam homogenizer to planar laser diagnostics

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 22, 2006, Pages 10171-10180

  Pfadler, Sebastian ^a   Beyrau, Frank ^a   Löffler, Micha ^a   Leipertz, Alfred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC SIGNAL PROCESSING; FOURIER OPTICS; LASER BEAMS; MICROLENSES; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT LENSES;

BEAM HOMOGENIZER; FOURIER LENS; LASER MEASUREMENT; PLANAR LASER;

LASER DIAGNOSTICS;

EID: 33750729242     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.010171     Document Type: Article

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