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Optical component for beam shaping

US7443589B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Carl Zeiss SMS Ltd. · IL

Inventors

Lars Erdmann · Aarhus, DK
Alexander Pesch · Jena, DE
Arnaud Deparnay · Erfurt, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 26, 2006
Grant date	Oct 28, 2008
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 22, 2027

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG02B1/02
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention includes an optics array for beam shaping, which uses a micro lens combination, whose polygonal micro lenses are arranged in a level, whereby the geometric arrangement of the individual lenses and their diameters follow a distribution pattern.It is characterized by the fact that the number of corners as well as the length of the lens rims of each of the individual lenses of the micro lens combination is defined by a point distribution (P) of Voronoi points (2), which define a Voronoi Region (VR(p)) which can be described by the following equations for a Voronoi lens (1).

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