High power VCSEL systems for tailored intensity distributions

Holger Moench; Stephan Gronenborn; Michael Miller; Peter Loosen

doi:10.1117/12.873813

7 February 2011 High power VCSEL systems for tailored intensity distributions

Holger Moench, Stephan Gronenborn, Michael Miller, Peter Loosen

Proceedings Volume 7952, Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers XV; 795207 (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.873813
Event: SPIE OPTO, 2011, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

Arrays of high power VCSELs offer a unique opportunity to create a target intensity distribution which is tailored to the needs of a specific application. The concept presented here images the near field of the VCSEL onto the target. This is achieved by a combination of micro-lenses and field lenses in order to superimpose many VCSELs in an array. The optical system can be simple and the freedom to realize a wide variety of different intensity distributions with one and the same optics is large. The total power can be scaled by using arrays of VCSELs and due to the superposition of many emitters the illumination pattern has low speckle and is robust against single emitter failures.

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Holger Moench, Stephan Gronenborn, Michael Miller, and Peter Loosen "High power VCSEL systems for tailored intensity distributions", Proc. SPIE 7952, Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers XV, 795207 (7 February 2011); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.873813

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