Light pipe design method and stepper experimentation for interference effects reduction in laser illumination

Jean-Michel Poyet; Yves E. Lutz

doi:10.1117/1.OE.55.7.075103

11 July 2016 Light pipe design method and stepper experimentation for interference effects reduction in laser illumination

Jean-Michel Poyet, Yves E. Lutz

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Optical Engineering, Vol. 55, Issue 7, 075103 (July 2016). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.55.7.075103

Abstract

The use of light pipes is an efficient and low-cost technique to get a homogeneous illumination for laser-gated viewing systems. However, this technique suffers from drawbacks when used with coherent sources like solid-state lasers. Compacting light pipe-based laser illuminators involves working with small light pipe sections, and experiments show that interference fringes appear on the laser illumination profiles. The principle of light pipe homogenization has been reviewed using geometrical optics to understand the phenomenon better, and a pragmatic light pipe design method, based on laser-gated viewing system parameters, is proposed. Another original solution based on optical stepper is studied to reduce both interference fringes and speckle noise to increase the homogeneity of laser illumination profiles.

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Jean-Michel Poyet and Yves E. Lutz "Light pipe design method and stepper experimentation for interference effects reduction in laser illumination," Optical Engineering 55(7), 075103 (11 July 2016). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.55.7.075103

Published: 11 July 2016

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