Diffractive optical elements for beam-shaping tasks in solid-state laser systems

Ian M. Barton; Paul Blair; Andrew J. Waddie; Karsten Ballueder; Mohammad R. Taghizadeh; Hazel McKinnes; Tom H. Bett

Diffractive optical elements for beam-shaping tasks in solid-state laser systems

Ian M. Barton, Paul Blair, Andrew J. Waddie, Karsten Ballueder, Mohammad R. Taghizadeh, Hazel McKinnes, Tom H. Bett

School of Engineering & Physical Sciences

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Abstract

Diffractive optical elements (DOEs) are applied to a number of laser beam shaping tasks. These tasks include customization of the modes of a laser resonator, lensless beam propagation and a free-space Gaussian to flattop beam conversion. The inherent design of the DOE to operate in the near-IR wavelengths and to convert a TEM₀₀ beam of diameter of approx. 20 mm to a circular flattop of diameter approx. 15 mm after a distance of 2 m allows it perform these tasks. The efficiency with which this can be performed is approx. 90% for 16 quantization levels.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 1998 International Symposium on Information Theory
Pages	363
Publication status	Published - 1998
Event	1998 International Symposium on Information Theory - Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom Duration: 14 Sept 1998 → 18 Sept 1998

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Conference	1998 International Symposium on Information Theory
Abbreviated title	CLEO/EUROPE'98
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Glasgow, Scotland
Period	14/09/98 → 18/09/98

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