Beam shaping of high power diode lasers benefits from asymmetrical refractive micro-lens arrays

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6876, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Homburg, O ^a   Bayer, A ^a   Mitra, T ^a   Meinschien, J ^a   Aschke, L ^a  

^a LIMO Lissotschenko Mikrooptik GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asymmetrical; Beam shaping; High power laser; Homogeneity; Micro lens array

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ANNEALING; ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; COMPUTER NETWORKS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; CRYSTALS; CURVE FITTING; DC GENERATORS; DIODES; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; LASER APPLICATIONS; LASER BEAMS; LASERS; LENSES; LIGHT; LIGHT SOURCES; LIGHTING; MANUFACTURE; MICROLENSES; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICS; POLYMERS; POLYNOMIAL APPROXIMATION; POLYNOMIALS; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACES; TECHNOLOGY; VEGETATION; WELDING; WELL STIMULATION;

(1 1 0) SURFACE; BEAM HOMOGENIZATION; BEAM SHAPING; BEAM STEERING; COLLINEAR BEAMS; CUT-OFF; DIODE LASERS; HIGH EFFICIENCY; HIGH POWER DIODE LASERS (H.P.D.L); HIGH POWERS; INTENSITY PROFILES; LASER MATERIAL PROCESSING; LASER SOURCES; LENSLETS; LIGHT FIELDS; LINE GENERATOR; MICRO LENSING; MICRO-LENS ARRAYS; MICRO-LENSES; MONOLITHIC ARRAYS; OFF-AXIS; OPTICAL AXES; PLASTICS WELDING; PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGIES;

LASER BEAM WELDING;

EID: 44949124484     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.762892     Document Type: Conference Paper

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