Beam shaping with diffuse light by use of a single reflection

Authors
Bokor, N Davidson, N
Citation
N. Bokor et N. Davidson, Beam shaping with diffuse light by use of a single reflection, APPL OPTICS, 40(13), 2001, pp. 2132-2137
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science","Optics & Acoustics
Journal title
APPLIED OPTICS
ISSN journal
00036935 → ACNP
Volume
40
Issue
13
Year of publication
2001
Pages
2132 - 2137
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-6935(20010501)40:13<2132:BSWDLB>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
A technique for diffuse beam shaping is presented. The beam shaping is achi eved by a single reflection on an element, which consists of many displaced parallel planar reflecting facets. The reflecting facets approximate a des igned curved surface. We demonstrate the validity of the method for the con version of a diffuse Gaussian beam into a uniform one in one of the spatial dimensions. (C) 2001 Optical Society of America.