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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Self-accelerating beams—shape-preserving bending beams—are attracting great interest, offering applications in many areas such as particle micromanipulation, microscopy, induction of plasma channels, ...