Light-conducting device, device having a light-conducting device, and means for emitting linear parallel light beams

1. A light-conducting device, comprising k>1 first deflection devices that are parallel to one another and formed such that light beams which are incident onto the deflection device at an incident angle different from 0° and 90° with respect to an optical axis of the deflection device are deflected in a plane defined by the optical axis and the incident direction in such a way that the direction of the deflected light beam also includes the incident angle with the optical axis, so that the incident beam and the emergent beam include twice the incident angle, and wherein the first deflection devices are arranged along a first direction (X) with the optical axes of the first deflection devices being oriented parallel to one another, and k second deflection devices that are parallel to one another and arranged along a second direction (Y), wherein a third direction (Z) is perpendicular to the first and second direction (X, Y), and wherein each of the second deflection devices are arranged in a same fourth direction (P) with respect to one of the first deflection devices, wherein the first deflection devices comprise optical axes directed in a fifth direction, characterized in that the second direction is perpendicular to the first direction and the second deflection devices comprise optical axes directed opposite to the fifth direction, wherein the fifth direction is an angle bisector of an angle between the third and the fourth direction.

2. The light-conducting device according to claim 1 , wherein the first and second deflection devices are mirrors or surfaces of prisms.

3. The light-conducting device according to claim 2 , wherein the light-conducting device comprises k rhombic prisms, wherein two surfaces of each of the prisms that are parallel to one another form one of the first and the respective associated second deflection device.

4. The light-conducting device according to claim 3 , wherein the prisms comprise a same distance between bases, and wherein the bases of adjacent prisms are arranged adjacent one another.

5. A device, comprising:

a light-conducting device, comprising k>1 first deflection devices that are parallel to one another and formed such that light beams which are incident onto the deflection device at an incident angle different from 0° and 90° with respect to an optical axis of the deflection device are deflected in a plane defined by the optical axis and the incident direction in such a way that the direction of the deflected light beam also includes the incident angle with the optical axis, so that the incident beam and the emergent beam include twice the incident angle, and wherein the first deflection devices are arranged along a first direction (X) with the optical axes of the first deflection devices being oriented parallel to one another, and k second deflection devices that are parallel to one another and arranged along a second direction (Y), wherein a third direction (Z) is perpendicular to the first and second direction (X, Y), and wherein each of the second deflection devices are arranged in a same fourth direction (P) with respect to one of the first deflection devices, wherein the first deflection devices comprise optical axes directed in a fifth direction, characterized in that the second direction is perpendicular to the first direction and the second deflection devices comprise optical axes directed opposite to the fifth direction, wherein the fifth direction is an angle bisector of an angle between the third and the fourth direction; and

a laser bar for emitting the light beams,

at least one fast axis collimator element for collimating the laser beams in the second direction,

k slow axis collimator elements for collimating the laser beams in the first direction, and

at least one lens for coupling the laser beams deflected by the light-conducting device into an optical fiber, wherein

the laser bar, the fast axis collimator element and the slow axis collimator elements emit at least k parallel light beams in the third direction (Z), wherein the laser bar, the fast axis collimator element and the slow axis collimator elements are oriented such that each of the light beams can be emitted onto one of the first deflection devices, respectively.

6. A device according to claim 5 , wherein the laser bar, the fast axis collimator element and the slow axis collimator elements are adapted to emit k+1 parallel light beams in a first plane, and wherein an outer light beam does not undergo a deflection and can be emitted along an intersection line of the first plane and a second plane, wherein the light beams deflected by the light-conducting device propagate parallel to the intersection line in the second plane.

7. A light-conducting device, comprising k>1 first deflection prisms that are parallel to one another and formed such that light beams which are incident onto the deflection prisms at an incident angle different from 0° and 90° with respect to an optical axis of the deflection prisms are deflected in a plane defined by the optical axis and the incident direction in such a way that the direction of the deflected light beam also includes the incident angle with the optical axis, so that the incident beam and the emergent beam include twice the incident angle, and wherein the first deflection prisms are arranged along a first direction (X) with the optical axes of the first deflection prisms being oriented parallel to one another, and k second deflection prisms that are parallel to one another and arranged along a second direction (Y), wherein a third direction (Z) is perpendicular to the first and second direction (X, Y), and wherein each of the second deflection prisms are arranged in a same fourth direction (P) with respect to one of the first deflection prisms, wherein the first deflection prisms comprise optical axes directed in a fifth direction, characterized in that the second direction is perpendicular to the first direction and the second deflection devices comprise optical axes directed opposite to the fifth direction, wherein the fifth direction is an angle bisector of an angle between the third and the fourth direction, wherein the prisms comprise a same distance between bases, and wherein the bases of adjacent prisms are arranged adjacent one another.