Beam-shaping longitudinal range of a binary diffractive optical element.

An experimental and theoretical investigation of laser beam shaping using a simple binary diffractive optic is presented. Beam tailoring has been characterized by the experimental determination of two relevant parameters: beam propagation factor M(2) and the beam-shaping longitudinal range, which represents the propagating distance for which the tailored beam remains nearly unchanged.

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