Lavelle, John and O'Sullivan, Créidhe (2010) Beam shaping using Gaussian beam modes. Journal of the Optical Society of America A., 27 (2). p. 350. ISSN 1084-7529

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Abstract

A beam shaping method is presented where a diffractive optical element (DOE) is designed by optimizing the complex mode coefficient weights of a set of Gaussian beam modes. This method is compared with the more standard unidirectional approach. Differential evolution is used for the optimization in both the unidirectional and Gaussian beam mode optimization methods. For the particular transforms carried out, the Gaussian beam mode set optimization (GBMSO) approach achieved more optimal solutions. The GBMSO approach is extended to design DOEs that control the amplitude distribution of a beam at multiple planes, rather than at just a single plane (i.e., the far field).

Item Type:	Article
Keywords:	Beam shaping; Gaussian beam modes; Differential evolution; optimization;
Academic Unit:	Faculty of Science and Engineering > Experimental Physics
Item ID:	4438
Depositing User:	Dr. Créidhe O'Sullivan
Date Deposited:	20 Aug 2013 15:14
Journal or Publication Title:	Journal of the Optical Society of America A.
Publisher:	Optical Society of America
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://www.opticsinfobase.org/josaa/home...
Use Licence:	This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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