Light collimation, imaging, and concentration at the thermodynamic limit with a curved diffractive element

Nir Davidson; Nandor Bokor

doi:10.1117/12.474023

17 February 2003 Light collimation, imaging and concentration at the thermodynamic limit with a curved diffractive element

Nir Davidson, Nandor Bokor

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Proceedings Volume 4833, Applications of Photonic Technology 5; (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.474023
Event: Applications of Photonic Technology 5, 2002, Quebec City, Canada

Abstract

A new type of optical instrument, the curved hologram, is introduced that allows us the unique opportunity to independently control its spatial phase function and its shape. We show how proper design of the hologram shape (using a simple analytic procedure) yields perfect uniform collimation, and also collimation and concentration of diffuse (monochromatic) light at the thermodynamic limit of brightness conservation.

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Nir Davidson and Nandor Bokor "Light collimation, imaging and concentration at the thermodynamic limit with a curved diffractive element", Proc. SPIE 4833, Applications of Photonic Technology 5, (17 February 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.474023

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