Polarization beam shaping

Applied Optics

Volumn 46, Issue 33, 2007, Pages 8211-8217

  Hao, Bing ^a   Leger, James ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROOPTICAL EFFECTS; FOCUSING; LIGHT;

FLAT-TOP-SHAPED FOCUS; POLARIZATION BEAM SHAPING; SPATIAL ENGINEERING;

POLARIZATION;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION SCATTERING; REFRACTOMETRY;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LASERS; REFRACTOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 38849122685     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.46.008211     Document Type: Article

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