COLLIMATION OF EMISSIONS FROM A HIGH-POWER MULTISTRIPE LASER-DIODE BAR WITH MULTIPRISM ARRAY COUPLING AND FOCUSING TO A SMALL SPOT

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作者
YAMAGUCHI, S [1 ]
KOBAYASHI, T [1 ]
SAITO, Y [1 ]
CHIBA, K [1 ]
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[1] NIPPON STEEL CORP LTD,DIV ELECTR & INFORMAT,SAGAMIHARA,KANAGAWA 229,JAPAN
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10.1364/OL.20.000898
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
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Twelve beams emitting from twelve stripes, with 200-mu m apertures spaced 800 mu m apart, of a 1-cm linear diode array were collimated by a multiprism array consisting of fourteen 800-mu m-wide prismlets, The spatial intensity distribution of each beam was twisted around its optical axis through three total reflections in a prismlet, transforming a series arrangement of emitters into a parallel arrangement to prevent overlap of adjacent beams. Collimated beams were focused to a spot of similar to 200 mu m (FWHM).
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