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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2008
Boris Regaard, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Thorsten Schmidt, Plymouth, MI (US);
Stefan Heinemann, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Boris Regaard, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Thorsten Schmidt, Plymouth, MI (US);
Stefan Heinemann, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Fraunhofer USA, Inc. Center for Laser Technology, Plymouth, MI (US);
Abstract
Array comprising high power laser diode comprising laser light emitters, each defining, in a direction perpendicular to direction of propagation of an output laser beam, a fast axis and a slow axis; fast axis collimating means for collimating output laser beams in fast axis direction; and slow axis beam shaping means for collimating or focussing output laser beams in slow axis direction, said slow axis beam shaping means disposed external to said high power laser diode; wherein said laser light emitters are displaced relative to each other in fast axis direction or in fast and slow axis direction by equidistant spacings, respectively; and including optical means for forming output laser beam profile in far field of all laser light emitters consisting of said fast and slow axis collimated or focussed output laser beams arranged adjacently in seamless manner in one or two dimensions with optical fill factor of about 100%.