title: Continuous phase plate for laser beam smoothing.
abstract: We discuss the beam smoothing principle of a continuous phase plate (CPP) while the input light is varying. The analysis model of the process in which the laser beam with random phase noise propagates through a CPP has been established. With this model the beam smoothing mechanism of the CPP for the laser beam with a different phase aberrations can be described. A method to optimize the smoothing result is introduced.
authors.affiliation: Chengdu Fine Optical Engineering Research Center, Chengdu, China.
authors.forename: Chunlin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Rongzhu
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Qiao
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Ping
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ma