Multifaceted Laser Beam Integrators: General Formulation And Design Concepts

Fred M. Dickey; Burton D. O&apos;Neil

doi:10.1117/12.7976799

1 November 1988 Multifaceted Laser Beam Integrators: General Formulation And Design Concepts

Fred M. Dickey, Burton D. O'Neil

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Optical Engineering, Vol. 27, Issue 11, 271199 (November 1988). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.7976799

Abstract

This paper presents a general formulation of multifaceted mirror configurations for transforming an arbitrary laser beam irradiance pattern into a uniform irradiance pattern. Three configurations are presented and compared. Two of these configurations are new: a strip integrator that reduces manufacturing complexity and an imaging integrator that minimizes deleterious diffraction effects. Aberration effects associated with the relaying or imaging of the irradiance pattern and a novel technique for correction are also discussed.

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Fred M. Dickey and Burton D. O'Neil "Multifaceted Laser Beam Integrators: General Formulation And Design Concepts," Optical Engineering 27(11), 271199 (1 November 1988). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.7976799

Published: 1 November 1988

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