Abstract:
The present invention introduces a scanning arrangement and a method suitable for coating processes applying laser ablation. The arrangement is suited to prolonged, industrial processes. The arrangement comprises a target (15), which has an annular form. The laser beam direction (12) is controlled by a rotating mirror (13) locating along the center axis of the annular target (15). The scanning line will rotate circularly along the inner target surface when the mirror (13) rotates. The focal point of the laser beams (12) may be arranged to locate on the inner target surface to ensure a constant spot size. A ring-formed, a cylinder-shaped or a cut conical-shaped target (15) may be used. The inner surface of the target may thus be tapered in order to control the release direction of the ablated material (16) towards a substrate (17) to be coated.
Abstract:
An optical scanning apparatus, a system and a method of optical scanning independently determine illumination spot size and spacing. The apparatus includes an array of optical emitters to provide a plurality of optical beams and a plurality of microlenses to receive the optical beams. The microlenses form an intermediate image of the array at substantially unity array magnification. The apparatus further includes an adjustable collimator to receive the plurality of optical beams from the intermediate image, a beam scanner to scan the optical beams in an in-scan direction, and a scan lens to focus the scanned optical beams. An arrangement of illumination spots forms an image of the array.
Abstract:
An optical device includes a surface- emitting laser array having a plurality of light- emitting portions; a package member on which the surface-emitting laser array is disposed; and a transparent member retained on the package member and disposed on an optical path of a light beam emitted by the surface-emitting laser array. The transparent member includes an incident plane on which the light beam emitted by the surface-emitting laser array is incident. The incident plane is inclined with respect to an emitting surface of the surface- emitting laser array at a first inclination angle which is smaller than a second inclination angle at which the light emitted by one of the light-emitting portions is incident on another, most-distant one, of the light-emitting portions via reflection by the transparent member.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to an apparatus (10) for inspecting matter (12), the apparatus comprising: an emitting device (14) adapted to emit radiation; a stop element (20) adapted to block some (16a) of the radiation emitted by the emitting device; a scanning device (26) adapted to project a dark area (24) caused by the stop element on the matter, and to redirect radiation (16b) having passed the stop element towards the matter, wherein at least some of the redirected radiation is scattered within the matter and passes out of the matter as scattered radiation (42); and a detection device (34) adapted to receive or detect the scattered radiation via the scanning device, wherein the detection device's field of view (36) coincides with the projected dark area (24). The present invention also relates to a corresponding method.
Abstract:
A changeable apparatus for scanning a symbol is disclosed wherein by selectively changing the position of a bending mirror (101), different scan patterns are produced. In a preferred embodiment, the different positions of the bending mirror (101) result in a scanning beam (107, 108) being directed off of different polygon scanning mirrors (104, 105) to create the different scanning patterns.
Abstract:
A laser beam scanning system (10) which consists of reflective optics. The laser beam scanning system (10) includes a first curved mirror (11), a second and a third generally flat mirrors (12, 13) oriented approximately perpendicular to each other, a fourth concave mirror (14), and a scanning mirror (15). The laser beam scanning system (10) has a variable scan angle and focal length. The variable focal length in the reflective scanning system is achived by simultaneously moving two perpendicular mirrors (12, 13).