EP1725902A1 - Dispositif pour homogeneiser la lumiere, et systeme d'eclairage ou de focalisation faisant appel a ce dispositif - Google Patents

Dispositif pour homogeneiser la lumiere, et systeme d'eclairage ou de focalisation faisant appel a ce dispositif

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EP1725902A1
EP1725902A1 EP04764309A EP04764309A EP1725902A1 EP 1725902 A1 EP1725902 A1 EP 1725902A1 EP 04764309 A EP04764309 A EP 04764309A EP 04764309 A EP04764309 A EP 04764309A EP 1725902 A1 EP1725902 A1 EP 1725902A1
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laser light
arrangement
homogenizer
array
lenses
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Thomas Mitra
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Focuslight Germany GmbH
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  • the present invention relates to a device for
  • a device of the aforementioned type is known from US Patent 4,733,944.
  • the device for homogenization described therein comprises two homogenizer means spaced apart from one another, each of the homogenizer means comprising two optically functional interfaces through which the light to be homogenized passes.
  • An array of cylindrical lenses is arranged on each of these four interfaces that contribute to homogenization.
  • Each of the two spaced-apart homogenizer means has two arrays of crossed cylindrical lenses.
  • a cylindrical lens array with cylinder axes in the vertical is formed on an entry surface and a cylindrical lens array with cylinder axes in the horizontal is formed on the exit surface.
  • Such a device for homogenization can thus be used to homogenize a laser beam, such as a beam emanating from an excimer laser or a laser beam emanating from a laser diode bar, both in a first direction and in a second direction perpendicular thereto.
  • a laser beam such as a beam emanating from an excimer laser or a laser beam emanating from a laser diode bar
  • a homogenization takes place both in the so-called fast axis and in the so-called slow axis.
  • the aforementioned device known from the prior art is designed as a so-called two-stage device for homogenization, because the beam to be homogenized is homogenized in each of the homogenizer means.
  • the two-stage design of the device achieves substantially better homogeneity than that of single-stage homogenizers.
  • Homogenizer means must be precisely adjusted with respect to a total of six axes.
  • the focal lengths of the cylindrical lenses of the arrays cannot be freely selected, since for each of the two directions that can be homogenized independently of one another, such as the slow axis and the fast axis, there is an optimal distance between the cylindrical lenses.
  • two-stage devices for homogenization which operate in two mutually independent directions, react very sensitively to focal length errors of the cylindrical lenses, since the two directions are generally not independent of one another.
  • the problem on which the present invention is based is the creation of a device of the type mentioned at the outset which is easier to adjust. Furthermore, an arrangement for illuminating a surface and an arrangement for focusing the
  • Light from a laser light source can be specified in a line-like focus area.
  • This is according to the invention with regard to the device by a device of the type mentioned with the characterizing features of claim 1, with regard to the arrangement for illuminating a surface by an arrangement of the type mentioned with the characterizing features of claim 9 and with regard to an arrangement for focusing the light a laser light source in a line-like focus area achieved by an arrangement of the type mentioned with the characterizing features of claim 13.
  • the subclaims relate to preferred developments of the invention.
  • the cylinder axes of the cylinder lenses of the at least one homogenizer means are aligned parallel to one another.
  • the at least one as for example
  • Homogenizing agent formed on the substrate thus fulfills the function of a two-stage homogenizer.
  • a homogenizer means acts on an axis or a direction, for example only on the slow motion.
  • the device comprises a first homogenizer means and a second homogenizer means, each having an entrance surface and an exit surface for the light to be homogenized.
  • the first homogenizer means each have an array of cylindrical lenses on the entry surface or in the vicinity of the entry surface and an array of cylindrical lenses on the exit surface or in the vicinity of the exit surface, the
  • Cylinder axes are aligned parallel to each other.
  • the second homogenizer means has an array of cylindrical lenses on the entry surface or in the vicinity of the entry surface or an array of cylindrical lenses on the exit surface or in the vicinity of the exit surface.
  • the second homogenizer means each have an array of cylindrical lenses on the entry surface or in the vicinity of the entry surface and an array of cylindrical lenses on the exit surface or in the vicinity of the exit surface, the cylinder axes of which are aligned parallel to one another.
  • the cylinder axes of the cylinder lenses of the first homogenizer means are aligned perpendicular to the cylinder axes of the cylinder lenses of the second homogenizer means.
  • the two directions or axes of the laser light are homogenized separately from one another in the two homogenizer means, which are in particular spaced apart.
  • the two homogenizer means no longer have to be adjusted to one another, because the adjustment of those acting, for example, on one of the two axes
  • Cylinder lenses are achieved through the reproducible manufacture of the homogenizer agent at any time within the manufacturing tolerances. In this way, the beam properties are always the same within the aforementioned manufacturing tolerances. Furthermore, there is no influence on the two axes, such as the slow
  • the cylindrical lenses are designed as concave and / or as convex lenses or as GRIN lenses (gradient index lenses).
  • the device used in the arrangement is a device according to the invention for homogenization.
  • Focusing device used is also a device according to the invention for homogenization.
  • the device for homogenization is designed such that it
  • 1 a is a plan view of an arrangement for lighting according to the invention.
  • FIG. 1 b shows a side view of the arrangement according to FIG. 1 a;
  • FIG. 2a shows a plan view of an arrangement according to the invention for focusing
  • FIG. 2b shows a side view of the arrangement according to FIG. 2a
  • Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a device according to the invention.
  • an arrangement according to the invention comprises a semiconductor laser bar 1 which has a number of emitters arranged next to one another and spaced apart in the X direction.
  • the semiconductor laser bar 1 is shown in Fig.
  • 1 a, 1 b, 2a and 2b are only schematically represented by a rectangle.
  • the divergence in the so-called fast axis ie in the Y direction or the direction perpendicular to the direction in which the emitters are arranged next to one another, is significantly greater than in the so-called slow axis or the X direction.
  • 1 a and 1 b show that in the direction of propagation Z of the laser light emerging from the individual emitters of the semiconductor laser bar 1, fast-axis collimation means 2 connect to the semiconductor laser bar 1.
  • the fast-axis collimation means 2 are designed, for example, as a plano-convex cylindrical lens, the cylinder axis of which extends in the X direction. By means of such a cylindrical lens, the laser light emerging from the individual emitters can be collimated in terms of diffraction with respect to the Y direction or with respect to the fast axis.
  • the Fast Axis the so-called fast axis
  • Collimating means 2 serving cylindrical lens have an aspherical surface.
  • a cylindrical lens with a convexly curved entry side can also be used.
  • beam transformation means 3 adjoin the fast-axis collimation means 2.
  • Beam transformation means 3 the incident light is rotated through an angle of 90 ° or the divergence of the fast axis (Y direction) is exchanged with that of the slow axis (X direction), so that after exiting the beam transformation means 3, the divergence in Y direction is greater than the divergence in the X direction.
  • the beam transformation means 3 can be an essentially cuboid block made of a transparent material, on which a number of cylindrical lens segments serving as beam transformation elements are arranged parallel to one another both on the entry side and on the exit side.
  • the axes of the beam transformation elements can also the base side of the cuboid beam transformation means 3, which extends in the X direction, enclose an angle ⁇ of 45 °.
  • the beam transformation means 3 are followed by further collimation means 4, so that, for example, a beam of 10 mm ⁇ 10 mm with divergence in the Y direction of about 1 1 mrad and divergence in the X direction of about 3 mrad can be achieved can.
  • the numerical values for divergence and beam diameter refer to the full width of the beam at half the maximum intensity (FWHM).
  • the collimation means 4 are designed as a plano-convex cylindrical lens with a cylinder axis extending in the X direction. Due to the rotation of the laser light in the beam transformation means 3, the collimation means 4 thus have the same orientation as the fast-axis collimation means 2. Like the fast-axis collimation means 2, the collimation means 4 can also be designed differently. In particular, both the entry and exit surfaces can be provided with a convex and / or concave curvature.
  • first homogenizer means 5 In the direction of propagation Z, the collimation means 4 are followed by first homogenizer means 5 and then by second homogenizer means 6.
  • the homogenizer means 5 have an array of cylindrical lenses 9 on their entry surface 7, the cylindrical axes of which extend in the X direction (see also FIG. 3). Furthermore, the first homogenizer means 5 have their
  • the arrangement comprises second ones
  • Homogenizer means 6 each have a cylindrical lens array with cylindrical lenses 9 on their entry surface 7 and on their exit surface 8, which extend in the Y direction (see also FIG. 3). Through the cylindrical lens arrays on the entry and exit surface 7, 8 of the second
  • Homogenizing means 6 the laser light that has passed through the second homogenizing means 6 is very effectively superimposed on one another in the X direction. Due to this effective superimposition, which is illustrated in FIG. 1 a by the focus areas visible behind the second homogenizer means 6, one can
  • the device for homogenization comprises the first and the second homogenizer means 5, 6. Overall, the laser light is thus homogenized in two directions or axes in the device according to the invention, the second stage acting only on the X direction and the first stage only on the Y-direction.
  • the cylindrical lenses 9 of the homogenizer means 5, 6 can be designed as convex (see for example FIG. 3) and / or as concave cylindrical lenses.
  • the cylindrical lenses can be designed as GRIN lenses (gradient index lenses).
  • the cylindrical lenses are not arranged on the entry or exit surface but in the vicinity of the entry or exit surface in the interior of the respective
  • Homoganizer means 5, 6 formed substrate by a changing refractive index of the substrate.
  • the laser light emerges from the second homogenizer means 6 in a largely homogenized manner and can be used to illuminate an area distant from the device.
  • FIGS. 2a and 2b likewise comprises a semiconductor laser bar 1 with a plurality of emitters.
  • the arrangement further comprises fast-axis collimation means 2, which can be designed like the fast-axis collimation means 2 according to FIG. 1 a and FIG. 1 b. It can be provided that the distance between the semiconductor laser and the fast-axis collimating means 2 is chosen to be comparatively large, so that the laser light in the Y direction after it has passed through the fast-axis
  • Collimation means 2 has a comparatively large extent.
  • the arrangement according to the invention comprises slow-axis collimation means 10, which in the exemplary embodiment shown are designed as an array of cylindrical lenses on the entry and exit sides of the slow-axis collimation means 10.
  • the cylinder axes of the cylindrical lenses of the slow-axis collimation means 10 extend in the Y direction.
  • the slow-axis collimation means can be arranged such that in each of the
  • Each of these partial beams is collimated by the corresponding cylindrical lenses with regard to the slow axis or with respect to the X direction.
  • the embodiment of slow-axis collimation means 10 shown in FIGS. 2a and 2b represents a telescope arrangement. However, there is also the possibility of using slow-axis collimation means 10 as one on only one side, for example the entry side or the exit side arranged array of cylindrical lenses to perform.
  • FIGS. 2a and 2b further comprises, in the direction of propagation behind the slow-axis collimation means 10, homogenizer means 6.
  • these homogenizer means 6 correspond exactly to the second homogenizer means 6 of the arrangement according to FIGS 1 b.
  • Cylindrical lenses 9 on the entry surface 7 and the exit surface 8 extend in the Y direction, so that the laser radiation 3 is influenced by the cylinder lenses 9 only with regard to the slow axis direction.
  • the individual partial beams of the laser light are very effectively superimposed on one another in the slow axis direction or in the X direction.
  • the laser light emerging from the homogenizer means 6 can be from in
  • the focusing means 1 1 are designed as a rotationally symmetrical plano-convex lens.
  • the focusing means 1 1 can also be formed by other designs, for example by a biconvex lens or by several interacting lenses.
  • This lens can laser radiation 10 focus with respect to the fast axis or the Y direction and at the same time serve as a field lens for the homogenizer means 6 which only act on the slow axis or X direction. In doing so, the focus of the lens serving as focusing means 1 1 can be practically related to the fast axis in one
  • Plane lie in which the field of laser light in the slow axis direction is homogenized by the lens serving as a field lens.
  • the laser radiation that has passed through the homogenizer means 10 is only shown unstructured.
  • each of the cylindrical lenses 9 refracts the light passing through them in a variety of different directions.
  • the plano-convex spherical lens serving as the focusing means 11 or field lens deflects each partial beam striking the field lens at the same angle in a line-like focus area so that the portions of the laser light originating from individual partial beams of the original laser light are deflected in the focus area are evenly distributed across its width in the X direction or in the slow axis direction.
  • the focusing means 1 1 focus the laser light into a line-like focus area which extends in the X direction and has a very small extent in the Y direction. For example, there is a possibility that the expansion of the
  • Focus area in the Y direction or in the fast axis direction is less than 1 mm or less than 0.5 mm.
  • the width of the line-like focus area in the X direction or in the slow axis direction is greater than 5 mm or greater than 20 mm.
  • the distance d between the exit surface of the focusing means 1 1 and the line-like focus area can be comparatively large, for example larger than 50, in particular larger than 200 mm.

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L'invention concerne un dispositif pour homogénéiser la lumière, comprenant au moins un élément homogénéisateur (5, 6) qui comporte une surface d'entrée (7) et une surface de sortie (8) pour la lumière à homogénéiser et respectivement un groupement de lentilles cylindriques (9) sur la surface d'entrée (7) et un groupement de lentilles cylindriques (9) sur la surface de sortie (8) de l'élément ou des éléments homogénéisateur(s) (5, 6). Selon l'invention, les axes cylindriques des lentilles cylindriques (9) de l'élément ou des éléments homogénéisateur(s) (5, 6) sont orientés parallèlement les uns par rapport aux autres. Cette invention concerne en outre un système pour éclairer une surface et un système pour focaliser la lumière d'une source de lumière laser sur une zone de focalisation linéaire.
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PCT/EP2004/009325 WO2005085935A1 (fr) 2004-03-06 2004-08-20 Dispositif pour homogeneiser la lumiere, et systeme d'eclairage ou de focalisation faisant appel a ce dispositif
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