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Flat-top beam profile generated using a fiber-bundle prism-coupled beam shaper

Haghighatzadeh, A ; Sharif University of Technology | 2011

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  1. Type of Document: Article
  2. DOI: 10.1016/j.optcom.2011.02.006
  3. Publisher: 2011
  4. Abstract:
  5. In this paper, an optical beam shaping system is theoretically and experimentally investigated. The optical system design software ZEMAX is used to simulate and analyze the reported beam shaping design. By using this software ray tracing diagrams are presented with the aim of studying the direct beam propagation, total reflection rays, and the lost rays. The prism duct output beam shape and radiance profiles in both position space and angle space are also studied. For experimental investigation, a two-stage beam shaping design including a fiber-bundle and a prism duct is used. A source light is used for the fiber-bundle illumination and the photograph image of the output beam is taken by a digital camera. The fiber-bundle output beam cross section is a rectangular shape with a dimension of 25.65 mm width and 2.44 mm height. In another experiment, the prism output beam is captured by a CCD camera. The prism output beam shape depends on the prism exit face, which is a rectangle (4.15 mm × 3.55 mm) for this case. The image date of the prism output beam is converted to a response curve, which is approximately a flat-top profile. The experimental image profiles are compared with the simulated image profiles and there is a good agreement between the observed results
  6. Keywords:
  7. Prism duct ; Angle space ; Beam-shaping ; Coupled beams ; Direct beams ; Experimental investigations ; Flat top beam ; Flat-top ; Image dates ; Image profile ; Optical beams ; Optical system designs ; Output beam ; Rectangular shapes ; Response curves ; Simulated images ; Software ray tracing ; Total reflection ; Two stage ; Acoustooptical effects ; Cameras ; CCD cameras ; Design ; Ducts ; Fibers ; Optical systems ; Photography ; Software design ; Systems analysis ; Prisms
  8. Source: Optics Communications ; Volume 284, Issue 12 , June , 2011 , Pages 2817-2824 ; 00304018 (ISSN)
  9. URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0030401811001556