Laser beam homogenizing: Limitations and constraints

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7102, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Voelkel, Reinhard ^a   Weible, Kenneth J ^a  

^a SUSS MICROOPTICS SA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Beam shaping; Fly's eye condenser; K hler integrator; Laser beam homogenizer; Laser beam shaping; Laser material processing; Micro optics; Microlens arrays; Random diffusers

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR DISTRIBUTION; DIFFUSERS (OPTICAL); GAUSSIAN BEAMS; LASER BEAMS; MICROLENSES; MICROOPTICS; OPTICAL FIBER FABRICATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT LENSES;

BEAM-SHAPING; FLY'S EYE CONDENSER; LASER BEAM HOMOGENIZER; LASER BEAM SHAPING; LASER MATERIAL PROCESSING; MICRO-LENS ARRAYS; RANDOM DIFFUSERS;

LASER MATERIALS PROCESSING;

EID: 56249111996     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.799400     Document Type: Conference Paper

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