Caustic surfaces in a Keplerian two-lens beam shaper

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6663, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Hoffnagle, John A ^a   Shealy, David L ^b  

^a IBM ALMADEN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspherics; Caustics; Geometric optics; Laser beam shaping

Indexed keywords

CAUSTICS; FOCAL POINT; GEOMETRIC OPTICS; LASER BEAM SHAPING;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ASPHERICS; CCD CAMERAS; FOCAL PLANE ARRAYS; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS;

LASER BEAMS;

EID: 42249115230     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.737016     Document Type: Conference Paper

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