Laser beam shaping using self-focusing in a nematic liquid crystal

作者:Shevchenko A*; Hakola A; Buchter SC; Kaivola M; Tabiryan NV
来源:Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, 2006, 454: 217-224.
DOI:10.1080/15421406600654348

摘要

A simple and efficient method to convert a Gaussian laser beam into a nearly non-diverging Bessel-like beam or into a thin-walled hollow beam is described. The optical system used for the beam conversion consists of a thin liquid-crystal cell and one or two lenses. At certain parameter values, self-focusing of a Gaussian beam directly results in the formation of a narrow Bessel-like beam, and, if an additional lens is used to collimate the self-focused beam, the collimated beam shows an accurate ring-shaped profile.

  • 出版日期2006