Gaussian laser beam shaping: Test and evaluation

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2863, Issue , 1996, Pages 237-245

  Holswade, Scott C ^a   Dickey, Fred M ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Beam shaping; Fourier optics

Indexed keywords

FOURIER OPTICS; GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION; GEOMETRY; ITERATIVE METHODS; LASER ABLATION; LASER BEAMS; MASKS; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

BEAM-SHAPING; FLAT-TOP PROFILES; GAUSSIAN LASER BEAM; INPUT AND OUTPUTS; IRRADIANCE PROFILES; ITERATIVE APPROACH; REFRACTIVE ELEMENTS; TEST AND EVALUATION;

GAUSSIAN BEAMS;

EID: 85010086892     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.256229     Document Type: Conference Paper

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