Tailoring the light propagating from optical fibers is potentially a key aspect of multiple photonics applications, especially if the light can be shaped at the point it emerges from the fiber rather ...

Beam shaping device: Scanning electron microscopy image of the micro-optical element that’s 3D laser printed directly on the end of an optical fibre, showing the helical axicon (top) and the parabolic ...

Compatible with lasers that emit at UV, visible, and near-IR wavelengths, the Flat-Top 2 Generator is a laser-beam-shaping module that converts a Gaussian beam into a focused flat-top profile, with ...

Scanlab, a manufacturer of high-end scan heads, and sister companies Blackbird Robotersysteme and Holo/Or are developing new system concepts for industrial laser applications - such as laser welding ...

Newport (Irvine, CA) has introduced a new refractive beam shaper that converts Gaussian laser beam input to produce a collimated, flat-top beam that can propagate without change in power and intensity ...

Researchers have shown that 3D laser printing can be used to fabricate a high-quality, complex polymer optical device directly on the end of an optical fiber. As described, this type of micro-optical ...

Gaussian-shaped laser-beam frequency spectrum can now be translated into a collimated flat-top beam that propagates with little change in power and intensity or loss of uniformity over large distances ...

The alternative text for this image may have been generated using AI. In this paper, we adopted virtual diagonal phase grating encoded on an SLM to utilize the HSF component of a square beam fully, ...