My Research Activities:

Geometric Optics:

Refracting the k-function -- Stavroudis's solution to the eikonal equation for multi-element optical systems. John Hoffnagle and David Shealy, J. Opt. Soc. Am. A, vol. 28.6 (2011) 1312-1320.

The wavefront and caustics of a plane wave refracted by an arbitrary surface. D. L. Shealy and J. A. Hoffnagle, J. Opt. Soc. Am. A, vol. 25.9 (2008) 2370-2382.

Laser beam shaping profiles and propagation, D. L. Shealy and J. A. Hoffnagle, Applied Optics, vol. 45.21 (2006) 5118-5131.

Laser Beam Shaping:

SPIE Laser Beam Shaping IX Meritorious Achievement Award, San Diego, Aug 12, 2008.

Books/Chapters

“Laser beam shaping: theory and techniques -- Second edition,” edited by Fred M. Dickey. (CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, Boca Raton, FL 33487-2742, 2014):

Chapter 6: "Geometrical Methods," David L. Shealy and John A. Hoffnagle, pp. 195 -- 282;
Chapter 7: "Optimization-Based Designs," Alexander Laskin, David L. Shealy, and Neal C. Evans, pp. 283 -- 332;
Chapter 13: "Classical (Nonlaser) Methods," David L. Shealy, pp. 525 -- 558.

“Laser Beam Shaping Applications,” F.M. Dickey, S.C. Holswade, D.L. Shealy, eds. (CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, Boca Raton, 2006), volume 102 in Optical Science and Engineering series, 1-357.

Chapters

D. L. Shealy, “History of Beam Shaping” in “Laser Beam Shaping Applications,” F.M. Dickey, S.C. Holswade, D.L. Shealy, eds. (CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, Boca Raton, 2006), Vol. 102 in Optical Science and Engineering series, 307-347.

D.L. Shealy and J. A. Hoffnagle, “Aspheric Optics for Laser Beam Shaping,” edited by Ron Driggers, in Encyclopedia of Optical Engineering, Vol. 1, no. 1, DOI: 10.1081/E-EOE-120029768, ISBN: 0-8247-0940-3 (paper) 0-8247-0939-X (electronic), (Taylor & Francis, 2006), pp. 1-23, URL of article http://www.dekker.com/sdek/abstract~db=enc~content=a713626925 , accessed 6 February 2007.

Updated Jan 29, 2015

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Phone: 205-934-8068 | Fax: 205-934-8042
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My Research Activities:

Geometric Optics:

Refracting the k-function -- Stavroudis's solution to the eikonal equation for multi-element optical systems. John Hoffnagle and David Shealy, J. Opt. Soc. Am. A, vol. 28.6 (2011) 1312-1320.

The wavefront and caustics of a plane wave refracted by an arbitrary surface. D. L. Shealy and J. A. Hoffnagle, J. Opt. Soc. Am. A, vol. 25.9 (2008) 2370-2382.

Mailing Address: 1530 3rd Ave S, CH310, UAB, Birmingham, Alabama, 35294-1170 Physical Address: 1300 University Blvd, CH310 Phone: 205-934-8068 | Fax: 205-934-8042 E-mail: dls@uab.edu Disclaimer

Mailing Address: 1530 3^rd Ave S, CH310, UAB, Birmingham, Alabama, 35294-1170
Physical Address: 1300 University Blvd, CH310
Phone: 205-934-8068 | Fax: 205-934-8042
E-mail: dls@uab.edu
Disclaimer