Experimental demonstration of generalized phase contrast based gaussian beam-shaper

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 7106-7111

  Tauro, Sandeep ^a   Bañas, Andrew ^a   Palima, Darwin ^a   Glückstad, Jesper ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMONSTRATIONS; GAUSSIAN NOISE (ELECTRONIC); LIGHT MODULATION; LIGHT MODULATORS; MAGNETOELECTRIC EFFECTS; OPTICAL PHASE CONJUGATION; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY;

ABSORBING COMPONENTS; ARBITRARILY SHAPED BEAMS; BEAM-SHAPING; CHEMICAL ETCHING TECHNIQUE; DESIGN PARAMETERS; FLAT OUTPUT; FLAT-TOP; GENERALIZED PHASE CONTRAST; HIGH POWER APPLICATIONS; HIGH-POWER BEAMS; INTENSITY DISTRIBUTION; PHASE ELEMENT; SHAPED BEAM; SPATIAL LIGHT MODULATORS;

GAUSSIAN BEAMS;

EID: 79953877277     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.007106     Document Type: Article

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