We are pleased to announce and invite you to one of our weekly online zoom events.
 

Precision molded laser line generators

Laser line generators are used in laser materials processing and optical metrology, among other applications. Laser line generators fan a collimated light beam in one direction in such a way that a linear rectangular distribution results in the far field. While such elements can be well analyzed and optimized with ray-optical calculations for long lines, the wave nature of the light is to be considered for short lines. Calculation methods based on both approaches are presented and it is investigated for which line lengths which method is suitable. For the ray-optical calculation, there is an analytical method that directly yields the lens profile. In the wave-optical design, on the other hand, the lens profile is determined iteratively. The light distribution function in front of the Powell lens has a great influence on the far-field distribution and must therefore be taken into account when calculating the lens profile. Relevant results for lenses produced by glass precision molding are presented.

Speaker

Dr. Martin Forrer
Dr. Martin Forrer is Senior Vice President of Business Development at FISBA AG. He is leading the international business expansion with a focus on innovative and scalable photonic solutions and technologies. In addition, Martin Forrer is part-time Expert at Innosuisse.

Moderator

Dr. Christian Bosshard, Managing director Swissphotonics
Dr. Christian Bosshard received his degree in Physics (1986) and his doctorate (1991, Silver medal award) from ETH. From 2001-2021 he was working at CSEM, first as Section Head and then as Vice President and Head Photonics. Since 2013 he is Managing Director of Swissphotonics. Christian is a Fellow of Optica, Board Member of EPIC, and Member of the Board of the University of Basel.

Date
Tuesday, 15 March 2022

Time
12:00 - 12:45

Software
Zoom

Costs
free of charge

Registration only necessary once
This event series requires registration (see link above). We will send you the access information (Zoom-link and ID) by email after the registration.
The Zoom link remains the same every week. If you have already participated once, you do not need to register again for the following meetings.

Deadline for registration
14 March 2022, 12.00 am

Contact FISBA AG
Dr. Martin Forrer
FISBA AG

Contact Swissphotonics
Dr. Christian Bosshard
Managing director Swissphotonics
+41 79 405 18 26

7. March 2022, Beni Muller + Iris Bollinger