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Arrangement for combining and shaping the radiation of a plurality of laser diode lines

US5877898A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 3, 1997
Grant dateMar 2, 1999
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Expiry dateJun 3, 2017

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01S5/4012
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

0587788986 The arrangement for combining and shaping the radiation of a plurality of laser diode lines, comprising at least two laser diode lines whose radiation has a cross section in the emission plane (x-y plane) whose longitudinal axis is a multiple of the transverse axis, one collimator unit for each laser diode line, which collimator unit is arranged downstream thereof in the radiation directly, a combining unit for combining the collimated radiation of the individual laser diode lines by a side-by-side arrangement in the direction of the transverse axis, and a recombining unit for dividing the combined radiation in the direction of the longitudinal axes into individual partial beams and recombining the latter by a side-by-side arrangement in the direction of the transverse axes.

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