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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2006
Rafael Storz, Pfaeffikon, CH;
William C. Hay, Heppenheim, DE;
Rafael Storz, Pfaeffikon, CH;
William C. Hay, Heppenheim, DE;
Leica Microsystems CMS GmbH, Wetzlar, DE;
Abstract
An apparatus for mounting for multiple lasers () is disclosed. The multiple lasers () generate light that is guided via a light-guiding fiber to an optical system (). Provided for that purpose on the mounting plate () is a combining unit () that comprises multiple input ports (). Each of the lasers () possesses an output () for its light, each laser () being mounted on the mounting plate () in such a way that the respective output () is colinear with the respective pertinent input port () of the combining unit (). The combining unit () combines the light of the multiple lasers () into a single beam ().