Optical: systems and elements – Lens – Anamorphic
Patent
1998-07-31
2000-01-18
Epps, Georgia
Optical: systems and elements
Lens
Anamorphic
359671, 359719, 2191216, 21912161, G02B 1308, G02B 302, B23K 2600
Patent
active
060162279
ABSTRACT:
This invention relates to an improved laser beam useful in material surface processing and an apparatus for producing the improved laser beam. The improved laser beam of the present invention comprises a power distribution that is more intense at the outer regions than in the central region. The invention includes an apparatus comprising a power spherical and cylindrical optical elements aligned to focus and/or shape a laser beam into a novel profile useful in material surface processing. The invention further includes a method of using this apparatus to focus and/or shape a laser beam for producing Laser Induced Surface Improvements, hereinafter referred to as "LISI".
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Bible John Brice
Dahotre Narendra B.
Hopkins John A.
McCay Mary Helen
McCay Thurman Dwayne
Epps Georgia
Spector David N.
The University of Tennessee Research Corporation
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