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- Publisher
- de Gruyter
- Copyright
- Copyright © 2014 by the
- ISSN
- 2192-8576
- eISSN
- 2192-8584
- DOI
- 10.1515/aot-2013-0060
- Publisher site
- See Article on Publisher Site
Abstract
Abstract Laser diode stacks are applied for the realization of compact and efficient laser illumination devices for active imaging (e.g., laser gated viewing). An efficient use of illumination power and sensor arrays has to adapt the laser illumination to the sensor’s field of view (FOV) with a perfectly matched and homogeneous illumination field. In the past decades, ISL has studied different methods for beam shaping and homogenization of laser diode stacks. In this publication, the authors give a review of the development of different beam-shaping techniques for auto-stack, minibar stack in a specific configuration and standard laser diode stacks. The presented methods are based on the application of wedge-type waveguides, fast axis and slow axis collimation, and the rearrangement of the laser beams by polarization overlapping and virtual restacking. All presented methods have very high transmission efficiencies (>80%) and lead to a homogeneous illumination matched to the sensor’s field of view.
Journal
Advanced Optical Technologies – de Gruyter
Published: Apr 1, 2014