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Beam Shaper Makes Square Laser Light Round

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SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan. 23, 2007 -- Schott is introducing beam-shaping technology at Photonics West 2007 which it said offers laser users a simple and efficient way to shape “square” light from an individual laser diode or rows of laser diode strings into a beam of light that has a round profile and offers homogeneous light dissemination. Its Beam Shaper achieves this using bundled glass fibers that direct light in the desired direction. Until now, Schott said, round, homogeneous laser beams could only be achieved using optics consisting of lenses and mirrors that are complex and difficult to adjust. The Beam Shaper...Read full article

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    Published: January 2007
    Glossary
    beam shaper
    A beam shaper is an optical device or system designed to modify the spatial profile or intensity distribution of a laser or light beam. The goal is to transform the incoming beam into a desired shape or profile for specific applications. Beam shaping is crucial in various fields, including laser processing, microscopy, and imaging. Different types of beam shapers are employed based on the desired output, and they can range from simple optical elements to complex diffractive optical elements. ...
    diode
    A two-electrode device with an anode and a cathode that passes current in only one direction. It may be designed as an electron tube or as a semiconductor device.
    glass
    A noncrystalline, inorganic mixture of various metallic oxides fused by heating with glassifiers such as silica, or boric or phosphoric oxides. Common window or bottle glass is a mixture of soda, lime and sand, melted and cast, rolled or blown to shape. Most glasses are transparent in the visible spectrum and up to about 2.5 µm in the infrared, but some are opaque such as natural obsidian; these are, nevertheless, useful as mirror blanks. Traces of some elements such as cobalt, copper and...
    light
    Electromagnetic radiation detectable by the eye, ranging in wavelength from about 400 to 750 nm. In photonic applications light can be considered to cover the nonvisible portion of the spectrum which includes the ultraviolet and the infrared.
    nano
    An SI prefix meaning one billionth (10-9). Nano can also be used to indicate the study of atoms, molecules and other structures and particles on the nanometer scale. Nano-optics (also referred to as nanophotonics), for example, is the study of how light and light-matter interactions behave on the nanometer scale. See nanophotonics.
    photonics
    The technology of generating and harnessing light and other forms of radiant energy whose quantum unit is the photon. The science includes light emission, transmission, deflection, amplification and detection by optical components and instruments, lasers and other light sources, fiber optics, electro-optical instrumentation, related hardware and electronics, and sophisticated systems. The range of applications of photonics extends from energy generation to detection to communications and...
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