Medical and industrial laser beam shaping by diffractive optical elements

Russell W. Gruhlke; Larry Giammona; Charles Langhorn; Kurt J. Kanzler; Joseph Kedmi

doi:10.1117/12.154477

1 May 1993 Medical and industrial laser beam shaping by diffractive optical elements

Russell W. Gruhlke, Larry Giammona, Charles Langhorn, Kurt J. Kanzler, Joseph Kedmi

Proceedings Volume 1870, Laser Coherence Control: Technology and Applications; (1993) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.154477
Event: OE/LASE'93: Optics, Electro-Optics, and Laser Applications in Scienceand Engineering, 1993, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

Diffractive optical elements can be designed to shape and, hence, optimize a laser beam intensity distribution for a specific application. The elimination of spherical and chromatic aberration in CO₂ industrial and medical diffractive focusing elements, respectively, is discussed.

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Russell W. Gruhlke, Larry Giammona, Charles Langhorn, Kurt J. Kanzler, and Joseph Kedmi "Medical and industrial laser beam shaping by diffractive optical elements", Proc. SPIE 1870, Laser Coherence Control: Technology and Applications, (1 May 1993); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.154477

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