Applying refractive beam shapers in creating spots of uniform intensity and various shapes

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7579, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Laskin, Alexander ^a   Williams, Gavin ^b   Demidovich, Alexander ^c  

^a Molecular Technology GmbH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c SINCROTRONE TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Achromatic; Flattop; Homogenizer; Laser beam shaping; Laser hardening; Line generator; Short pulse; Tophat; Uniform illumination

Indexed keywords

HOMOGENIZERS; LASER BEAM SHAPING; LASER HARDENING; LINE GENERATOR; SHORT PULSE; UNIFORM ILLUMINATION;

HARDENING; INERTIAL CONFINEMENT FUSION; LASER BEAMS; LASER RESONATORS; REFRACTION; RESONATORS;

PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS;

EID: 77951858881     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.841289     Document Type: Conference Paper

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