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Apparatus for adjusting an optical axis including plates on opposite sides of a beam shaping prism

US5341246A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 29, 1993
Grant dateAug 23, 1994
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Expiry dateApr 29, 2013

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B7/22
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An optical axis adjusting apparatus is provided and includes a laser beam source, a beam shaping prism for shaping a laser beam of elliptical flux emitted from the laser beam source into a laser beam of circular flux, a parallel shift mechanism which shifts the light rays of the laser beam in a parallel fashion, and a rotation adjusting mechanism for rotatably adjusting a parallel plate.

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