Distortion of beam shape by a rotating double-prism wide-angle laser beam scanner

Jianfeng Sun; Liren Liu; Maojin Yun; Lingyu Wan; Mingli Zhang

doi:10.1117/1.2190672

1 April 2006 Distortion of beam shape by a rotating double-prism wide-angle laser beam scanner

Jianfeng Sun, Liren Liu, Maojin Yun, Lingyu Wan, Mingli Zhang

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Optical Engineering, Vol. 45, Issue 4, 043004 (April 2006). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.2190672

Abstract

We describe the rigorous results of a wide-angle laser beam scanner, obtained with the help of the vector refraction theory. Using the rigorous results, the distortion of the beam shape is discussed. The distortion to the beam varies with the different relative angles of double prisms. The scanner expands the beam in some directions while it contracts the beam in other directions. According to the conservation of energy, the distribution of the laser intensity is changed as well.

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Jianfeng Sun, Liren Liu, Maojin Yun, Lingyu Wan, and Mingli Zhang "Distortion of beam shape by a rotating double-prism wide-angle laser beam scanner," Optical Engineering 45(4), 043004 (1 April 2006). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.2190672

Published: 1 April 2006

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