Laser Beam Shaping IX

by Forbes, Andrew; Lizotte, Todd E.

• ISBN13: 9780819472823
• ISBN10: 0819472824
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-08-28
• Publisher: Society of Photo Optical

Summary

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Table of Contents

Smart spatio-temporal beam shaping with thin-Film micro-optics

Micro-optic array applications in terawatt ultrafast laser amplifiers

Compression of ultrashort pulses by using refractive elements

Characterization of elliptic dark hollow beams

Complex scalar fields using amplitude-only spatial light modulators

Accurate phase mapping of nondiffracting singular beams

Beam shaping with vectorial vortex beams under low numerical aperture illumination condition

Laser beam shaper alignment and analysis techniques

Beam profiling at focus: essential for beam shaping

Comparison between a super Gaussian and a "true" top hat

Diamond micro-milling for array mastering

UV beam shaper alignment sensitivity: grayscale versus binary designs

Diffractive, aspheric, or spherical beam transformers: a comparison in manufacturability

Refractive statistical concave 1D diffusers for laser beam shaping

Stochastic tandem microlens arrays for beam homogenization

Randomly varying micro-optical elements for the generation of uniform intensity profiles in coherent laser sources

Simultaneous multiple uniform spot generation with micro optics

Free form micro-optics enables uniform off-axis illumination and superposition of high power laser devices

Laser beam interference and its applications in optical micromanipulation

Continuous phase plate polishing using magnetorheological finishing

Polarisation distribution for internal conical diffraction and the superposition of zero and first order Bessel beams

Beam shaping of line generators based on high power diode lasers to achieve high intensity and uniformity levels

Erbium-doped tunable fiber laser

Intracavity mode competition between classes of flat-top beams

Push-pull electrostatic deformable mirrors

Beam shaping system based on polymer spherical gradient refractive index lenses

Fresnel ellipsoid approach for Gaussian beam focusing

Focal shift effect in vector parabolic-Gauss beams

Propagation of obstructed Bessel and Bessel-Gauss beams

Variable flattened Gaussian beam order selection by dynamic control of an intracavity diffractive mirror

Laser beam propagation characteristics of incoherently added diode bars

Radiometry of flashing LED sources

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