Design and performance of a ZnSe tetra-prism for homogeneous substrate heating using a CO2 laser for pulsed laser deposition experiments

Applied Optics

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1767-1780

  May Smith, T C ^a   Muir, A C ^a   Darby, M S B ^a   Eason, R W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; DEPOSITION; LASER BEAMS; PRISMS; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; RAY TRACING; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

DIFFRACTION EFFECTS; EXPERIMENTAL TESTING; HOMOGENEOUS SUBSTRATES; INTENSITY PROFILES; RAY-TRACING MODEL; SOURCE INTENSITY; SUBSTRATE SURFACE; SUBSTRATE THICKNESS;

PULSED LASERS;

EID: 61549123038     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.47.001767     Document Type: Article

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