Gaussian to uniform intensity shaper based on generalized phase contrast

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1507-1516

  Palima, Darwin ^a   Glückstad, Jesper ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; NUMERICAL METHODS;

EXCESS ENERGY; GENERALIZED PHASE CONTRAST; MINIMAL INTENSITY;

OPTICAL DEVICES;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOURIER ANALYSIS; ILLUMINATION; LASER; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION SCATTERING; REFRACTOMETRY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STATISTICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOURIER ANALYSIS; LASERS; LIGHT; LIGHTING; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; REFRACTOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 39049120199     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.001507     Document Type: Article

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