Generation of flat-top beam with phase-only liquid crystal spatial light modulators

Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Ma, Haotong ^a   Liu, Zejin ^a   Zhou, Pu ^a   Wang, Xiaolin ^a   Ma, Yanxing ^a   Xu, Xiaojun ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Geometric optical design; Laser beam shaping; Phase modulation; Spatial light modulators

Indexed keywords

BEAM SHAPES; BEAM WAIST; FAR-FIELD INTENSITY DISTRIBUTION; FLAT TOP BEAM; INCIDENT POWER; LASER BEAM SHAPING; LIQUID CRYSTAL SPATIAL LIGHT MODULATORS; OPTICAL PATH LENGTHS; PHASE DISTRIBUTION; PHASE-ONLY; POWER VARIATIONS; QUASI-GAUSSIAN BEAM; SPATIAL LIGHT MODULATORS; THEORETICAL DESIGN; GEOMETRIC OPTICAL DESIGNS;

ACOUSTOOPTICAL EFFECTS; GAUSSIAN BEAMS; LASER BEAMS; LIGHT MODULATION; LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL DESIGN; PHASE MODULATION;

LIGHT MODULATORS;

EID: 77950571707     PISSN: 14644258     EISSN: 17413567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/2040-8978/12/4/045704     Document Type: Article

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