Diagnostic Techniques For Axicons And Related Optics

Malcolm MacFarlane; Graham Flint

doi:10.1117/12.957044

4 April 1979 Diagnostic Techniques For Axicons And Related Optics

Malcolm MacFarlane, Graham Flint

Proceedings Volume 0171, Optical Components: Manufacture and Evaluation; (1979) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.957044
Event: Los Angeles Technical Symposium, 1979, Los Angeles, United States

Abstract

The use of axicons and related types of optical components is of increasing importance in high energy laser systems. To aid in the acceptance testing of these optics, a program for the development of diagnostic tools and techniques for axicon evaluation has been undertaken by the Developmental Optics Facility at the Air Force Weapons Laboratory. Analytical models describing both the wavefronts and far-field patterns of systems containing axicons have been developed. These models have been used to derive methods for testing axicons in the laboratory. They have also been used to develop suggestions for the initial parameter specifications of axicons. Finally, methods for the correction of certain types of axicon aberrations due to fabrication errors are discussed.

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Malcolm MacFarlane and Graham Flint "Diagnostic Techniques For Axicons And Related Optics", Proc. SPIE 0171, Optical Components: Manufacture and Evaluation, (4 April 1979); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.957044

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