Patent · US Expired

Optical illumination system for creating a line beam

US7538948B2 · kind B2 · utility

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48Claims

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Assignee

Carl Zeiss Laser Optics GmbH · DE

Inventors

Holger Muenz · Aalen, DE
Alois Herkommer · Aalen, DE
Rafael Egger · Munich, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 22, 2005
Grant date	May 26, 2009
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 22, 2025

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG02B27/0966
WIPO fieldMachine tools
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In one aspect, the disclosure features an optical system configured to create from a beam of light an intensity distribution on a surface, whereby the optical system comprises at least a first optical element which splits the incident beam into a plurality of beams some of which at least partially overlap in a first direction on said surface and whereby the optical system further comprises at least a second optical element which displaces at least one of said beams in a second direction on said surface.

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