Simple Methods For High-Resolution Scanning of Laser Beams And Alignment of Small Spatial Filtered Beams
- 1 April 1973
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Review of Scientific Instruments
- Vol. 44 (4), 475-477
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1686159
Abstract
A 50‐μ glass filament from a fiber‐optics bundle, bent at 90° near the lower end and fastened to an adjustable support, proves to be a better light pickup than the usual pinhole aperture for high‐resolution scanning of a laser beam. Scans of a 50‐mW laser beam were used to develop a spatial filter combined with a short‐focus collimating lens which yields a uniform, Gaussian‐shaped beam with no increase in size.Keywords
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