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DOE_Special-Patterns (Special Patterns)
LD Collimators & Diffractive Optics: Pattern-Generator

Diffractive Optical Element (DOE)

Description:

LD Collimators & Diffractive Optics: Beam-shaping-Optics

Beam shaping optics, especially those employing diffractive techniques, excel in enhancing laser machining, welding, and cutting by providing uniform energy distribution, resulting in cleaner and more efficient processes. In medical applications, they enable precise laser surgeries, such as LASIK, improving patient outcomes with minimal collateral damage. Additionally, they significantly boost optical communication by enhancing laser light coupling into fibers and managing modal dispersion, thus maintaining signal integrity over long distances.

LD Collimators & Diffractive Optics: Beam-Splitter

A beam splitter in the context of diffractive optics is a device that utilizes diffractive elements to divide a beam of light into two or more separate beams. Unlike traditional beam splitters that use partial reflection and transmission through materials like glass, diffractive beam splitters rely on the principles of diffraction and interference to achieve the splitting.

LD Collimators & Diffractive Optics: Pattern-Generator

Diffractive pattern generators have a wide range of applications. In laser systems, they are used for beam shaping, allowing the laser beam to form desired shapes such as lines, circles, or complex patterns, which are essential in material processing, medical surgery, and laser printing. They play a crucial role in holography, creating holograms for data storage, security features on credit cards and passports, and 3D imaging. In optical testing and metrology, these generators produce specific patterns for testing optical components, measuring surface topography, and aligning optical systems. They are also used in displays and projection systems, including projectors and augmented reality devices, to create high-resolution and complex images. Additionally, they enhance the performance of optical communication systems by precisely controlling light propagation.

This article refers to: DOE_Special-Patterns (Special Patterns) (LD Collimators & Diffractive Optics: Pattern-Generator ) - Special Patterns

DOE Item # Description Design Wavelength Pattern Size @ 100 mm Distance (@ Design Wavelength) Pattern Angles (@ Design Wavelength) Optimum Wavelength Range Image
FDE-R256 Square Grid 51 x 51 Lines 660 nm Width: 39 mm
Height: 39 mm
Diagonal: 55 mm
Line Spacing: 0.77 mm
Width: 22°
Height: 22°
Diagonal: 31°
Angle betw. Lines: 0.44°
530 – 660 nm Grid 51x51 Picture.jpg
FDE-R259 5 Rings 645 nm Width: 51 mm
Line Spacing: 5.1 mm
Width: 29°
Line Spacing: 2.8°
530 – 700 nm Five Circles Picture.jpg
FDE-R269 10 Rings 515 nm Width: 96.2 mm
Line Spacing: 4.8 mm
Width: 51.4°
Line Spacing: 2.6°
488 – 532 nm Ten Circles.jpg
FDE-R285 Hexagon 780 nm Width: 13.1 mm Width: 7.5° 520 – 800 nm Hexagon.jpg
FDE-R354 Square Grid 10×10 Lines 658 nm Width: 72.8 mm
Height: 72.8 mm
Diagonal: 102.9 mm
Line Spacing: 8.1 mm
Width: 40.0°
Height: 40.0°
Diagonal: 51.4°
Angle betw. Lines: 4°
620 – 680 nm Square Grid.jpg
FDE-R396 21×11 Hexagonal Array 660 nm* Width: 61.1 mm
Height: 35.3 mm
Diagonal: 70.5 mm
Dot Spacing: 3.5 mm
Width: 34.0°
Height: 20.0°
Diagonal: 38.8°
Angle betw. Dots: 2.0°
600 – 730 nm
FDE-R397 11×10 Hexagonal Array 660 nm* Width: 44.4 mm
Height: 46.2 mm
Diagonal: 64.1 mm
Dot Spacing: 5.1 mm
Width: 25.1°
Height: 26.0°
Diagonal: 35.5°
Angle betw. Dots: 2.9°
600 – 730 nm
FDE-R399 5 Rings 450 nm Width: 51 mm
Line Spacing: 7.3 mm
Width: 40°
Line Spacing: 4.0°
400 – 500 nm

 

*Large-angle pattern that due to its symmetry properties is subject to geometrical distortion, if the DOE is used at laser wavelengths significantly different (Δλ > 50nm) from the design wavelength.

 
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FDE-R256 (Square Grid 51 x 51 Lines, 660nm)

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FDE-R259 (5 Rings, 645nm)

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FDE-R269 (10 Rings, 515nm)

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FDE-R285 (Hexagon, 780nm)

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FDE-R354 (Square Grid 10 x 10 Lines, 658nm)

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FDE-R396 (21 x 11 Dots Hexagonal Array, 660nm)

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FDE-R397 (11 x 10 Dots Hexagonal Array, 660nm)

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FDE-R399 (5 Rings, 450nm)

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