Abstract
A diffractive optical element is used to relay complex laser beam profiles by phase conjugation. It has the advantage over a conventional afocal system of avoiding light concentration at the intermediate focal point. Theoretical and experimental results show that the image quality is a function of alignment errors and mode-size changes. When the optical system is within the calculated tolerances, the diffractive optic reproduces images of high quality.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 4749-4755 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Applied Optics |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue number | 20 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jul 10 1997 |
Keywords
- Binary optics
- Diffractive optics
- Flattop laser beam profile
- Laser beam relay
- Phase conjugation
- Top-hat laser beam profile