• DocumentCode
    1674191
  • Title

    Hollow beam creation with continuous diffractive phase mask at PHELIX

  • Author

    Brabetz, C. ; Eisenbarth, U. ; Kester, O. ; Stoehlker, T. ; Cowan, T.E. ; Zielbauer, B. ; Bagnoud, V.

  • Author_Institution
    GSI, Helmholtz Center for Heavy Ion Res., Darmstadt, Germany
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We propose and demonstrate a method for shaping the focus of high intensity lasers into an annular or “donut” mode. The method, based on helical phase plates, has been implemented at the PHELIX laser facility.
  • Keywords
    diffractive optical elements; laser modes; masks; optical focusing; optical pulse shaping; PHELIX laser facility; annular mode; continuous diffractive phase mask; donut mode; helical phase plates; high intensity laser focusing; hollow beam creation; laser shaping; Laser beams; Laser modes; Laser noise; Measurement by laser beam; Optical diffraction; Optical imaging; Shape;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1839-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6326432