EP2165235A1 - Dispositif de formation d'un rayonnement laser - Google Patents

Dispositif de formation d'un rayonnement laser

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EP2165235A1
EP2165235A1 EP08773630A EP08773630A EP2165235A1 EP 2165235 A1 EP2165235 A1 EP 2165235A1 EP 08773630 A EP08773630 A EP 08773630A EP 08773630 A EP08773630 A EP 08773630A EP 2165235 A1 EP2165235 A1 EP 2165235A1
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substrate
substrates
laser radiation
refractive interfaces
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Björn LANGER
Andre Timmermann
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Focuslight Germany GmbH
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B27/00—Optical systems or apparatus not provided for by any of the groups G02B1/00 - G02B26/00, G02B30/00
    • G02B27/09—Beam shaping, e.g. changing the cross-sectional area, not otherwise provided for
    • G02B27/0938—Using specific optical elements
    • G02B27/095—Refractive optical elements
    • G02B27/0972—Prisms
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01S—DEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT; DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION IN WAVE RANGES OTHER THAN OPTICAL
    • H01S5/00—Semiconductor lasers
    • H01S5/40—Arrangement of two or more semiconductor lasers, not provided for in groups H01S5/02 - H01S5/30
    • H01S5/4012—Beam combining, e.g. by the use of fibres, gratings, polarisers, prisms

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  • the present invention relates to an apparatus for shaping laser radiation, in particular for laser radiation emanating from a laser diode bar, comprising at least one substrate with a plurality of refractive interfaces, through which the laser radiation to be formed can pass in such a way that at least two before the passage through the refractive Boundaries in a first direction arranged side by side sub-beams of the laser radiation after passing through the refractive interfaces in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction are arranged side by side.
  • the mean propagation direction of the light means, especially if this is not a plane wave or at least partially divergent.
  • light beam, sub-beam or beam is meant, unless expressly stated otherwise, no idealized beam of geometric optics, but a real light beam, such as a laser beam with a Gaussian profile, which has no infinitesimal small, but an extended beam cross-section.
  • a preferred application of the present invention is the
  • a device of the kind set forth is known from the European patent EP 0 770 226 B1.
  • the devices described therein comprise two or three spaced-apart, non-interconnected substrates, on each of which two of the refractive surfaces contributing to the formation of the laser radiation are formed.
  • the refractive interfaces are formed on a substrate or on interconnected substrates. As a result, all of the refractive interfaces can be moved together, which reduces the adjustment effort.
  • the at least one substrate and / or the refractive interfaces are formed and arranged in such a way that at least one of the partial beams passes through the device and / or the refractive interfaces substantially undistorted. As a result, there are no undesired changes in its cross section and comparatively little loss for this partial beam.
  • the at least one substrate and / or the refractive interfaces are formed and arranged such that at least one of the partial beams undergoes at least one total internal reflection in the interior of the at least one substrate. In this way it is achieved that the at least one deflected partial beam suffers the least possible losses on its way through the device.
  • the refractive interfaces are plane surfaces. As a result, unwanted changes in the beam profile can be avoided. In particular, no influence on the
  • the device comprises a monolithic substrate, on which the refractive interfaces are arranged.
  • a monolithic substrate By means of such a monolithic substrate, it is possible to realize a compact and simply constructed device which can shape the laser radiation with low losses.
  • the device comprises at least two substrates on which the refractive interfaces are arranged, wherein the at least two substrates are connected to each other, preferably glued. Even with substrates bonded together, the interfaces can move together, which also reduces the adjustment effort.
  • the at least two substrates have planes, in particular surfaces which are parallel to one another, and are preferably designed as cuboids.
  • Cuboid or plane-parallel plates are simple and therefore inexpensive to manufacture.
  • Fig. 1a is a perspective view of a first embodiment of a device according to the invention.
  • Fig. 1 b is a Fig. 1 a substantially corresponding view of the first embodiment with two drawn partial beams;
  • Fig. 2a is a comparison with Figure 1 a rotated perspective view of the first embodiment.
  • FIG. 2b shows a substantially corresponding view of the first embodiment with two partial beams shown in FIG. 2a;
  • FIG. 3a shows a perspective view of the first embodiment, which is rotated relative to FIG. 2a;
  • FIG. 3b shows a substantially corresponding view of the first embodiment with two partial beams shown in FIG. 3a;
  • FIG. 4a shows a perspective view, rotated in relation to FIG. 3a, of the first embodiment
  • Fig. 4b is a substantially corresponding view of Fig. 4a of the first embodiment with two partial beams drawn; 5 shows a plan view of a laser arrangement with the first embodiment of a device according to the invention;
  • FIG. 6 shows a side view of the laser arrangement according to FIG. 5;
  • FIG. 7 shows a cross section through the laser radiation of the laser arrangement according to FIG. 5 in the direction designated by VII
  • Fig. 8 shows a cross section through the laser radiation of
  • FIG. 9 shows a side view of a second embodiment of a device according to the invention.
  • FIG. 10 is a plan view of the embodiment of FIG. 9;
  • FIG. 1 1 is a perspective view of the embodiment of FIG. 9.
  • FIGS. 1 a to 4 b The embodiment of a device according to the invention shown in FIGS. 1 a to 4 b is designed as a monolithic substrate 1 made of a material which is at least partially transparent to the laser radiation 4 to be formed.
  • the substrate 1 has a plane
  • Entrance surface 2 (see FIGS. 1 a, 1 b, 2 a and 2 b) and a plane exit surface 3 parallel thereto (see FIGS. 3 a, 3 b, 4 a and 4 b) for the to be formed laser radiation, both of which are arranged in an XY plane.
  • the entrance surface 2 is in the X direction (see coordinate systems in Fig. 2a and Fig. 4a) on the other hand, the exit surface 3 in the Y direction is more extensive, in particular approximately twice as extensive as the entry surface 2.
  • FIG. 3 a the exit surface 3 is subdivided into two sections 3 a and 3 b arranged next to one another in the Y direction for illustration purposes.
  • the left or first section 2a of the entry surface 2 in FIG. 1a lies directly opposite the lower or first section 3a of the exit surface 3 in FIG. 3a, such that a partial beam entering the first section 2a in the Z direction or perpendicular to the entry surface 2 occurs 4a undresses from the first portion 3a of the exit surface 3 emerges (see Fig. 1 b to Fig. 4b).
  • the part of the steel 4a thus passes undistracted through the monolithic substrate 1 and thus through the device according to the invention.
  • the substrate 1 further comprises a side surface 5, which forms an angle of 45 ° with the right or second portion 2b of the entrance surface 2.
  • a side surface 5 which forms an angle of 45 ° with the right or second portion 2b of the entrance surface 2.
  • Entrance surface 2 in particular in the Z direction entering partial beam 4b is on the inside of the side surface 5 by 90 ° in the negative X direction totally reflected (see, for example, Fig. 1 b).
  • the substrate 1 further comprises two side surfaces 6, 7 which enclose an angle of 90 ° with each other and on the side surface
  • the partial beam 4b moving in the negative X direction is totally reflected by 90 ° in the Y direction (see for example, Fig. 1 b).
  • the partial beam 4b moving in the Y direction is totally reflected on the inside of the side surface 7 by 90 ° in the X direction (see, for example, FIG. 1 b).
  • the substrate 1 further comprises a side surface 8, which forms an angle of 45 ° with the second portion 3b of the exit surface 2 (see, for example, FIG. 4a).
  • a side surface 8 which forms an angle of 45 ° with the second portion 3b of the exit surface 2 (see, for example, FIG. 4a).
  • the partial beam 4b moving in the X direction is totally reflected by 90 ° in the Z direction (see, for example, FIG. 1 b). Subsequently, the partial beam 4b emerges from the second
  • the partial beam 4b was arranged before passing through the substrate 1 in the X direction next to the partial beam 4a or in Fig. 1b to the right of the partial beam 4a and is after passing through the substrate 1 in the Y direction next to the partial beam 4a and in Fig. 1 b arranged above the partial beam 4a.
  • the laser radiation 4 is shortened in the X direction, in particular halved, and increased in the Y direction, in particular doubled.
  • Fig. 5 and Fig. 6 show a laser arrangement in which a substrate 1 is installed.
  • the laser arrangement comprises a laser diode bar
  • FIG. 7 shows a cross section through the laser radiation 4 in a plane VI I in front of the substrate 1.
  • FIG. 8 shows a cross section through the laser radiation 4 in a plane VIII behind the substrate 1. It turns out that the cross section of the laser radiation from an elongated form with side beams arranged side by side
  • 4a, 4b has been converted into an approximately square shape with superimposed partial beams 4a, 4b.
  • FIGS. 9 to 11 show a second embodiment of a device according to the invention.
  • the device depicted therein comprises three substrates 13, 14, 15, one of which is to be molded
  • Laser radiation 16 are made at least partially transparent material.
  • Each of the three substrates 13, 14, 15 is formed as a cuboid.
  • the three substrates 13, 14, 15 are glued together.
  • the first substrate 13 is formed as a plate-shaped part which extends substantially in the Z direction and has a significantly greater extent in the X direction than in the Y direction.
  • the first substrate 13 has an entrance surface 17 and an exit surface 18, both arranged in an X-Y plane (see FIGS. 9 and 11).
  • a partial beam 16a of the laser radiation 16 entering the entrance surface 17 in the Z direction emerges from the laser beam without being deflected
  • TeMstahl 16a thus passes undirected through the substrate 13 and thus through the device according to the invention.
  • the second substrate 14 has an entrance surface 19 arranged in a plane inclined at an angle of 45 ° to the XY plane.
  • the second substrate 14 has an exit surface 20 which is aligned parallel to and opposite the entry surface 19 (see FIGS. 9 and 11).
  • a partial beam 16b of the laser radiation entering the entry surface 19 in the Z direction 16 exits from the exit surface 20 also in the Z direction.
  • the emerging partial beam 16b is offset from the entering partial beam 16b by one piece in the Y direction or downwards in FIG. 9.
  • the laser radiation 16 is therefore deflected in the second substrate 14 in the Y direction.
  • the third substrate 15 is designed as a plate with a square outline, which has a significantly smaller extent in the Y direction than in the X direction and in the Z direction. With regard to FIG. 9, the third substrate 15 is arranged offset below the first substrate 13 or in the Y direction relative to the first substrate 13.
  • An entrance surface 21 and an exit surface 22 are each aligned at an angle of, for example, 45 ° to the Z direction (see FIG. 10).
  • a partial beam 16b entering into the entry surface 21 in the Z direction moves in the interior of the substrate 15 at an angle of, for example, 45 ° to the Z direction and exits the exit surface 22 again in the Z direction.
  • the X-position of the partial beam 16b is displaced in the negative X direction or to the left in FIG. 10, so that the partial beam 16b now emerges from the exit surface with respect to FIG. 9 below the partial beam 16a or in the Y direction.
  • the device consisting of the three substrates 13, 14, 15 thus forms a laser radiation 16, which is extended in the X direction, in a similar manner to how the substrate 1 transforms the laser radiation 4.
  • a fourth substrate which is not illustrated and comparable to the second substrate 14, which deflects a portion of the laser radiation 16 upward in FIG. 9 or in the negative Y direction. Furthermore, then a fifth unmapped, the third substrate 15th Comparable substrate are provided, which deflects the thus deflected upward part of the laser radiation in the X direction and to the right in Fig. 10. In this way, a laser radiation can be divided into three parts, which are then arranged one above the other in the Y direction.

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Abstract

La présente invention concerne un dispositif de formation d'un rayonnement laser (4, 16), en particulier destiné à la formation d'un rayonnement laser (4, 16) sortant d'une barrette de diodes laser (9), comprenant au moins un substrat (1, 13, 14, 15) qui présente une pluralité de surfaces limites réfringentes (2, 3, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22) à travers lesquelles le rayonnement laser (4, 16) à former peut pénétrer de sorte qu'au moins deux rayonnements partiels (4a, 4b; 16a, 16b) du rayonnement laser (4, 16), adjacents dans une première direction (X) avant pénétration par les surfaces limites réfringentes (2, 3, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22), se trouvent adjacents dans une seconde direction (Y) perpendiculaire à la première direction (X) après leur passage par les surfaces limites réfringentes (2, 3, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22), les surfaces limites réfringentes (2, 3, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22) étant formées sur un substrat (1) ou sur des substrats (13, 14, 15) reliés entre eux.
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