Journal of Computer Optics. Volime 01

ON THE DESIGN OF LASER RADIATION FOCUSERS WITHIN THE DIFFRACTION APPROXIMATION

M. A. Vorontsov, A. N. Matveev, V. P. Sivokon

Abstract:
A technique is proposed for designing optical elements focusing radiation into a volume domain in space with specified intensity distribution in the domain. A focuser has been designed giving an almost rectangular intensity distribution from a beam with gaussian intensity profile.

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