• DocumentCode
    3013607
  • Title

    Characterization of High-Frequency Surface Modulation Using the Transport-of-Intensity Equation

  • Author

    Dorrer, C. ; Zuegel, J.D.

  • Author_Institution
    Lab. for Laser Energetics, Rochester
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    6-11 May 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    The transport-of-intensity equation is used to describe the influence of small-scale phase fluctuations present on the surface of optical elements, which can be characterized from the diffraction-induced modifications of the intensity of a coherent source.
  • Keywords
    fluctuations; light diffraction; coherent source; diffraction-induced modifications; high-frequency surface modulation; small-scale phase fluctuations; transport-of-intensity equation; Equations; Intensity modulation; Optical modulation; Optical scattering; Optical surface waves; Phase measurement; Phase modulation; Surface emitting lasers; Surface reconstruction; Testing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-834-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2007.4453085
  • Filename
    4453085