Beam shaping with vectorial vortex beams under low numerical aperture illumination condition

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7062, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Dai, Jianning ^a   Zhan, Qiwen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffraction theory; Laser beam shaping; Polarization; Spatial light modulators

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; LASER BEAMS; LASER THEORY; LENSES; LIGHT; LIGHT MODULATION; LIGHT MODULATORS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT SOURCES; LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; POLARIZATION; TRELLIS CODES; VORTEX FLOW;

BEAM CROSS SECTIONS; BEAM-SHAPING; DIFFRACTION THEORY; FAR FIELDS; FLAT TOPS; FOCAL INTENSITIES; GAUSSIAN COMPONENTS; ILLUMINATION CONDITIONS; INTENSITY DISTRIBUTIONS; LASER BEAM SHAPING; LINEARLY POLARIZED; LIQUID CRYSTAL SPATIAL LIGHT MODULATORS; NUMERICAL APERTURES; POLARIZATION SINGULARITIES; POLARIZED COMPONENTS; RELATIVE WEIGHTS; SPATIAL LIGHT MODULATORS; TOPOLOGICAL CHARGES; TWO COMPONENTS; VORTEX BEAMS; VORTEX CHARACTERISTICS;

GAUSSIAN BEAMS;

EID: 57549089429     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.793157     Document Type: Conference Paper

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