Complex beam sculpting with tunable acoustic gradient index lenses

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6483, Issue , 2007, Pages

  McLeod, Euan ^a   Arnold, Craig B ^a  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustics; Beam sculpting; Phase modulation; TAG lens

Indexed keywords

BEAM SCULPTING; OPTICAL MANIPULATION; PIXELATION; TAG LENS;

DENSITY (OPTICAL); GRADIENT INDEX OPTICS; LENSES; LIGHT MODULATORS; PHASE MODULATION; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

LIGHT MODULATION;

EID: 34248646563     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.701099     Document Type: Conference Paper

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