Variable-diameter refractive beam shaping with freeform optical surfaces

Optics Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 4170-4172

  Smilie, Paul J ^a   Suleski, Thomas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE BEAM; FLAT-TOP; FREE-FORM SURFACE; FREEFORMS; GAUSSIANS; GENERAL APPROACH; HIGH-ORDER; INCIDENT LASER; OPTICAL SURFACES; REFRACTIVE BEAM SHAPING; SPOT DIAMETER;

INCIDENT SOLAR RADIATION;

GAUSSIAN BEAMS;

EID: 80455129909     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: 15394794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.36.004170     Document Type: Article

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