Abstract

A technique is shown by which it is possible to design an optical system so that the ray pattern is contained within truly parallel boundaries for a certain length, beyond which it starts diverging. It is also shown that it is possible to convert this quasi-parallel pattern into that of a well-defined hollow cone, a thin flat sheet or a thin-walled tube or trough.

© 1964 Optical Society of America

The Use of a Single Plane Parallel Plate as a Lateral Shearing Interferometer with a Visible Gas Laser Source

M. V. R. K. Murty
Appl. Opt. 3(4) 531-534 (1964)

Polarization of the Light Output from a Ruby Optical Maser

J. H. Brunton
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Frustrated Total Internal Reflection and Application of Its Principle to Laser Cavity Design

Ian N. Court and Frederick K. von Willisen
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Image of the Optical Grating Modulated by the Signal and Its Application to the Measurement of Strain Distribution

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Design Considerations for Precision Solar Simulation

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