Super-Gaussian laser beam shaping using deformable mirrors and intrinsic beam quality metrics

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7266, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Avino, Saverio ^a   Potsaid, Benjamin ^a   Wen, John T ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive optics; Beam shaping; Deformable mirror

Indexed keywords

BEAM GEOMETRIES; BEAM SHAPES; BEAM SHAPING; CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE CAMERAS; DEFORMABLE MIRROR; FINITE NUMBERS; IMAGE-BASED; QUALITY METRICS; SUPER-GAUSSIAN;

DEFORMATION; LASER PULSES; MIRRORS; TRELLIS CODES;

GAUSSIAN BEAMS;

EID: 62449169439     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.816437     Document Type: Conference Paper

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