Geometrical Optics Of High Energy Laser (HEL) Components

William Swantner

doi:10.1117/12.959093

16 September 1980 Geometrical Optics Of High Energy Laser (HEL) Components

William Swantner

Proceedings Volume 0237, 1980 International Lens Design Conference; (1980) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.959093
Event: 1980 International Lens Design Conference, 1980, Oakland, United States

Abstract

A ray trace program, ACCOS V, was used to create optical path difference arrays for axicon-type cylindrical laser components. The arrays were used as data for an interferogram reduction program called MCI, which calculates coefficients for a set of orthogonal functions containing the aberrations encountered in aligning and using reflaxicons and waxicons. It is shown that a linear reflaxicon is free of spherical aberration for all conjugates and that it is a flat-field anastigmat. Contour plots with respect to several pertinent planes are shown for decentrations and tilts of the resonator components. Completeness of the orthogonal functions with respect to misalignment aberrations is demonstrated. Solutions to several difficulties encountered in ray tracing such systems with ACCOS V are described.

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William Swantner "Geometrical Optics Of High Energy Laser (HEL) Components", Proc. SPIE 0237, 1980 International Lens Design Conference, (16 September 1980); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.959093

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