Mafusire, CForbes, AMichaelis, MMSnedden, Glen C2008-07-042008-07-042008-06Mafusire, C, Forbes, A, Michaelis, MM and Snedden, GC. 2008. Optical aberrations in a spinning pipe gas lens. Optical Express, Vol. 16(13), pp 9850-98561094-4087http://hdl.handle.net/10204/2294Copyright: 2008 SPIE, International Society for Optical Engineering.If a heated pipe is rotated about its axis, a density gradient is formed which results in the pipe acting as a graded index lens. In this study the authors revisit the concept of a spinning pipe gas lens and for the first time analyse both the wave propagation of optical fields through the lens, and determine the optical aberrations introduced by the lens to the laser beam. The authors show that such lenses are highly aberrated, thus having a deleterious effect on the laser beam qualityenOptical aberrationsSpinning pipe gas lensArticleMafusire, C., Forbes, A., Michaelis, M., & Snedden, G. C. (2008). Optical aberrations in a spinning pipe gas lens. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/2294Mafusire, C, A Forbes, MM Michaelis, and Glen C Snedden "Optical aberrations in a spinning pipe gas lens." (2008) http://hdl.handle.net/10204/2294Mafusire C, Forbes A, Michaelis M, Snedden GC. Optical aberrations in a spinning pipe gas lens. 2008; http://hdl.handle.net/10204/2294.TY - Article AU - Mafusire, C AU - Forbes, A AU - Michaelis, MM AU - Snedden, Glen C AB - If a heated pipe is rotated about its axis, a density gradient is formed which results in the pipe acting as a graded index lens. In this study the authors revisit the concept of a spinning pipe gas lens and for the first time analyse both the wave propagation of optical fields through the lens, and determine the optical aberrations introduced by the lens to the laser beam. The authors show that such lenses are highly aberrated, thus having a deleterious effect on the laser beam quality DA - 2008-06 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Optical aberrations KW - Spinning pipe gas lens LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2008 SM - 1094-4087 T1 - Optical aberrations in a spinning pipe gas lens TI - Optical aberrations in a spinning pipe gas lens UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/2294 ER -